Petition · past parliament

Boris Johnson to call a general election

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Boris Johnson was elected leader of the Conservative party with around 100,000 votes. He is our second unelected Prime Minister. There are roughly 66 Million people living in the UK, meaning Boris Johnson is our elected leader with roughly 0.16% of the popular vote.
In the wake of the disastrous tenure of Theresa May, Boris Johnson was elected leader of the Conservative party via closed vote, and therefore PM of the UK. For his tenure to continue, a general election must be called in the name of fairness and democracy. For him to continue as PM without election is inherently undemocratic. The people of the UK must have their say in fairly elected MP's representing them.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 31 Jul 2019

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