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Petition · past parliament

Call a new General Election so the Public can decide who will lead the country

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

The agenda of the Conservative party has become considerably more polarised on Brexit since the last election. Because of this and the leadership change, the Public should be able to vote on which party and who should lead the U.K. going forward

Why it was rejected

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

Force a National General Election

Timeline

25 Jul 2019 Petition opened for signatures
31 Jul 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13
Status Rejected
Rejected 31 Jul 2019

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