Rejected petition Make a General Election compulsory if a party in government changes its leader

Rejected on 11 July 2016

Party membership is generally low in the UK. Such a small and ideologically narrow constituency shouldn't be sufficient to elect a new prime minister. If a party in power decides to change its leader, either via vote or handover, the country should be given the opportunity to mandate that decision.

Why was this petition rejected?

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/137376

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