Petition · past parliament

Prevent a UK government from installing a new premier without a public vote

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

If news stories are currently true the Tory Ministers are about to install Michael Gove as the new Prime Minister for the U.K.
With the deaths in the DWP, with the Windrush Scandal, Grenfell and Universal Credit this government shouldn’t be allowed to swap Prime Minister without a General Election

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

23 Mar 2019 Petition opened for signatures
4 Apr 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 4 Apr 2019

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