Petition · past parliament

Advisory referenda should be declared null if electoral fraud has been committed

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

If illegalities are found to have influenced the result of an advisory referendum, said referendum should be annulled.

Why it was rejected

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

You could start a new petition calling on the Government to introduce a law setting out the circumstances in which referendums should be declared void if that is something you would like to see happen.

Timeline

19 Apr 2019 Petition opened for signatures
16 May 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 16 May 2019

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