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Petition · past parliament

Make a Prime Minister's resignation auto-trigger a general election

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

The election of Elizabeth Truss was dictated by approximately 0.0011% of the UK population. For a country to brand itself as democratic, this is completely contradictory and needs to change. When a Prime Minister resigns as PM and Party Leader, this should automatically trigger a general election.
A system of voting as reclusive as the Conservative Party Leadership, where it was totally unknown how many members there were and attempts to establish this figure were batted aside, is a disgrace for any nation that claims to be democratic. If a Prime Minister resigns, it should be down to ALL of the British people who replaces them.

Why it was rejected

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

If a Prime Minister resigns a general election should be called

Timeline

6 Sep 2022 Petition opened for signatures
22 Sep 2022 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 22 Sep 2022

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