Petition · past parliament

Leave EU by April 12th 2019 with deal or no deal.

Closed 31,054 signatures

What the petition asks

We had a referendum and parliament voted leave with or without a deal and made it law. This must now happen.(ART50) All MPs should make sure Brexit happens for sake of democracy regardless of what they vote for.

Government response · 10 April 2019

The Government stands by its commitment to uphold the result of the 2016 referendum. We continue to seek a consensus across the House, which will allow the UK to leave the EU with a deal in place.

In 2016, this Government stated that it would honour the result of the referendum, whatever the outcome.

During the 2016 referendum campaign, this Government wrote to every UK household to promise that it would implement the result of the referendum. With that commitment in mind, 17.4 million people voted to leave the European Union, providing the biggest democratic mandate for any course of action ever directed at a UK Government.

The British people have made their view clear. It is now our responsibility to uphold the result of the referendum.

Parliament has continuously rejected leaving without a deal. The Government continues to seek a consensus across the House to find a way through which allows the UK to leave in an orderly manner, with a deal in place.

The Government has been preparing for the contingency of a ‘no deal’ since 2016 and has accelerated no deal preparations to ensure the country is prepared for every eventuality. Parliament has now bound the Government to seek an extension to Article 50, so the Government has proposed that the extension should be as short as possible, ending when we have passed and ratified a deal.

This Government maintains that leaving with a deal remains the best solution. The Prime Minister has therefore committed to working with members across the House to ensure that the result of the referendum is upheld, and the UK leaves the EU in an orderly manner, without undue delay.

Department for Exiting the European Union

Timeline

28 Mar 2019 Petition opened for signatures
30 Mar 2019 Passed 10,000 signatures, requiring a government response
11 Apr 2019 Government responded
28 Sep 2019 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 31,054
Status Closed
Opened 28 Mar 2019
Closed 28 Sep 2019
Response 10 Apr 2019

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