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Petition · past parliament

Make the 1st of November a national holiday after regaining our independence

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

The Brexit vote was the biggest democratic exercise in this country’s history, and we should honour this historic vote by creating a national holiday upon the day of our departure from the EU

Why it was rejected

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

Declare that the date in which the UK leaves the EU is a public holiday.

Timeline

27 Aug 2019 Petition opened for signatures
3 Sep 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 3 Sep 2019

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