Petition · past parliament

Stop the resale of tickets at inflated prices on secondary sites

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

Tickets are being bought from sites and are getting sold to third party sellers for a price meaning real fans are missing out. Reselling of football tickets is illegal under section 116 criminal justice and order act 1994. why won't this law apply the same for concerts and other sporting events?

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We understand that you're concerned about the reselling of tickets, but we're not sure exactly what action you'd like the Government or Parliament to take.

You could start a petition calling for Parliament to change the law to ban the resale of tickets for more than their face value, if that's what you would like to happen.

Timeline

29 Sep 2017 Petition opened for signatures
5 Oct 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 5 Oct 2017

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