Petition · past parliament

Call a general election so that the public decide who is the next Prime Minister

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Teresa May, a Prime Minister we did not elect, has announced her resignation.
This means that for the second time we are going to have a Prime Minister that we have not elected.
Since the EU Referendum, British Politics has been shambolic.
Let the public decide who they want to lead us.

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
6 Jun 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 6 Jun 2019

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