Improve democracy at Westminster & public confidence in our head of government.

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

A small (130,000 or so) Conservative party members are due to select their party leader who will automatically become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. These party members are not representative of the UK electorate & are likely to select an person for their interests, not that of the wider UK.

Need a consistent robust process for all candidates to become Prime Minister to ensure proper public scrutiny and no "coronations".

Increase likelihood person selected has a full policy platform and not standing on a single issue ie brexit alone.

Prevent knee jerk selections and narrow interests exerting worrying level of influence.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

16 Jun 2019	Petition opened for signatures
3 Jul 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17

Status Rejected

Rejected 3 Jul 2019

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