Petition · past parliament

Annul the 2016 EU referendum, as external influences have made it undemocratic

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Do you believe in democracy? Whatever you think about the EU referendum result, the government argues it must respect the democratic vote. However, evidence suggests the vote was illegally influenced by external sources and unethical methods, hence undemocratic. It should therefore be annulled.
There has been an increasing body of evidence to suggest that there were interfering influences in the outcome of the 2016 EU referendum.
Think foreign interference, illegal acquisition of data without consent, psychological profiling, fake news, misleading campaigns and undeclared financing.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. If the government does not invalidate the referendum result then it is laughing in the face of democracy and becomes an accomplice in illegal and unscrupulous methods.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

20 Mar 2018 Petition opened for signatures
26 Mar 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 26 Mar 2018

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