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Petition · past parliament

Any Internal Change of Prime Minister must result in a election

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

In an era of Presidential style politics where election campaigns are based solely around the leader of the party any change of Prime Minister must result in an election.Margarate Thatcher was replaced by John Major without an Election . David Cameron was replaced by Theresa May

Why it was rejected

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

To hold a general election when there is a change of Prime Minister in office.

Timeline

30 Mar 2019 Petition opened for signatures
5 Apr 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 5 Apr 2019

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