Petition · past parliament

Investigate Russian interference into the 2016 Brexit referendum

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

As per the Russian Report released 21/07/2020, it is important that the UK should hold an independent investigation in the 2016 Brexit referendum to determine whether there was Russian interference in the UK’s democratic processes.
It is imperative to UK democratic processes, society and in the public interest to know if the UK is subject to Russian interference.

The Russia Report revealed that the UK government avoided looking into whether there was Russian interference.

It is vital that the public have the benefit of an independent investigation.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

21 Jul 2020 Petition opened for signatures
29 Jul 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 29 Jul 2020

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