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Petition · past parliament

The result of all future referendums should require a 60% vote to become law.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Narrow majority results makes the result inconclusive.
Both recent EU and Scottish referendums had narrow majorities . and in the opinion of many inconclusive

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Ensure that in future 65% of eligible voters are required to pass a referendum.

Timeline

13 Mar 2017 Petition opened for signatures
22 Mar 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 22 Mar 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.