Petition Hold a general election in 2017 under proportional representation

Following the EU referendum, political and economic chaos has thrown the UK into uncertainty. An unelected prime minister will be appointed and turmoil in party politics shows politicians to have a lack of value in democracy. FPTP is a dated mechanism and is not representative of the people.

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28 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 28 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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Date closed 13 January 2017
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