Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Hold a general election by spring 2017 at the latest

A government formed under Theresa May will have no democratic mandate whatsoever, and will have an entirely different policy agenda and composition from that voted for in May 2015. A general election must therefore be held in order for the government of the UK to have a legitimate democratic basis.

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.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/136897

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