Petition · past parliament

Allow the public to force a general election.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Brexit has shown our MPs as being incapable of making decisions on behalf of their constituents interests.The public should be allowed to force a general election upon the house by overruling the fixed term parliament act to try and sort out any stalemate in the house.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

24 Oct 2019 Petition opened for signatures
25 Oct 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 25 Oct 2019

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