Petition · past parliament
Amend Fixed-term Parliament Act General election within 6 months if PM resigns.
Rejected
11 signatures
What the petition asks
In previous Labour and current Conservative governments new Prime Ministers have presumed their position without mandate for their own manifesto in a general election. This is undemocratic assuming representation of the UK electorate without their own manifesto being judged in a general election.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 18 Feb 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 1 Mar 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
11
Status
Rejected
Rejected
1 Mar 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.