Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Refuse to have a second referendum.

June 23rd 2016 the UK went to the polls to vote on continued membership of the European Union.

48.1% of the electorate who voted, voted to stay
51.9% of the electorate who voted, voted to leave.

Under the referendum rules, this is a binding result and should not be ignored.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/134345

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