Rejected petition Hold a vote of parliament on whether to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty

Only 37% of the electorate have voted for Britain to leave the EU. This does not constitute a mandate for the government to take such a momentous step. We call on the government not to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty unless a majority of MPs first vote in favour in a free vote of parliament.

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- The EU referendum legislation did not make the result of the referendum binding on the government (unlike for instance the previous referendum on electoral reform).

- The eligible electorate in the referendum was 46,500,001. The number who voted 'Leave' was 17,410,742 (37% of the total electorate).

- The central principle of our parliamentary democracy is that MPs are elected to make decisions in the best interests of the whole country.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/133540

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Date submitted 25 June 2016
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