This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Trigger an General Election automatically when the Prime Minister steps down
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In both 2007 and 2016 elected Prime Ministers stood down leaving the position open for their party to select a new leader of our country, following the introduction of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 this means we have to wait 4 years for an election, this is undemocratic and wrong.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/137376
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