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Petition · past parliament

Call an immediate general election (post-Truss resignation)

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Call an immediate general election to end the chaos of the current government, the country is already in chaos from the Conservatives handling of their internal leadership changes and uncontrolled shoot from the hip policy changes.
A similar petition already exists but has been debated and disregarded by government. Liz Truss' resignation simply highlights that the petition should have been heeded and aims to again call for a general election.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: Call an immediate general election to end the chaos of the current government

Timeline

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