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Petition · past parliament

Have a General Election immediately due to having a dysfunctional parliament

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

There is now a minority government in the UK. Our Prime Minister is being prevented from having a General Election due to a dysfunctional parliament, and cannot enact Government policies. The paralysis of government was never an intended consequence of the Fixed Term Parliament Act.

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

26 Sep 2019 Petition opened for signatures
1 Oct 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Oct 2019

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