Rejected petition A call to add functionality to the Petitions website to oppose open petitions

We have only the functionality to support petitions by signing them - this is wholly undemocratic as Parliament may have a false sense of support for given topics. Add the option to oppose petitions; this will simply be displayed as a tallied number of opposed people alongside supporters.

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/127274

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 26 June 2016
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The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.