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All referendums should be well-structured, simply majority is not enough

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

To leave no room for doubts, contradictions or ambiguity of a simple majority, all referendums, advisory or binding, should be well-structured with proper rules in place to determine the 'will of the people'.
Possibilities include: double majority, quorum, compulsory voting, etc.

Why it was rejected

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

Petitions need to call on the UK Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you would the Government to introduce new rules surrounding referendums, but are not sure what rules you would like introduced.

You could start a new petition calling for all referendums to require a super majority to effect change, if that is something you would like to see happen.

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Timeline

2 Jan 2019 Petition opened for signatures
9 Jan 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 9 Jan 2019

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