This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition When a PM resigns a general election must be called
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A PM is elected into office by the people of the UK. If a PM resigns the successor will not have been elected into that position.Only a leader of the party should be allowed to be PM as long as they are democratically elected by the people of UK.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/137376
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