Allow citizens to submit a vote of no confidence in the government.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Citizens should be able to submit a vote of confidence in the government to ensure accountability and support the will of the people. As a first step, this democratic process should be provided when the prime minister resigns.

The people have a single vote during the parliamentary term of office. During this time the incumbent prime minister may resign or cease to be prime minster and the manifesto pledges on which they were elected may change or fail to be enacted by government. The people should therefore be given the ability of a binary vote of confidence in the government to ensure the government is accountable to the pledges made in the election process.

Why it was rejected

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

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Introduce a mechanism for the public to call a 'No Confidence Referendum': Introduce a mechanism for the public to call a 'No Confidence Referendum'

Change the law so that UK citizens can call a General election: Change the law so that UK citizens can call a General election

Timeline

20 Oct 2022	Petition opened for signatures
25 Oct 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 25 Oct 2022

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