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Petition · past parliament

Have a referendum to give the English people the right to leave the UK

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

Scotland and Northern Ireland are demanding referendums to leave the UK, the English people are always forgotten no devolution for the English now threats to leave the UK it's time English people had their say instead of being blackmailed by the other countries in the union

Why it was rejected

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

England should be given a referendum on leaving the United Kingdom.

Timeline

20 Mar 2017 Petition opened for signatures
28 Mar 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 28 Mar 2017

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