Petition · past parliament
Make changing a party leader/Prime Minister trigger a General Election
Rejected
14 signatures
What the petition asks
It looks likely that the next Conservative leadership election will leave us with a new Prime Minister without a General Election.
Leaders from the same party can have very different ideas of how to run the country and each new leader should require a fresh mandate to implement their programme.
Leaders from the same party can have very different ideas of how to run the country and each new leader should require a fresh mandate to implement their programme.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 24 May 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 5 Jun 2019 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
14
Status
Rejected
Rejected
5 Jun 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.