Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition General Election in 6 months if Prime Minister not elected in general election.

In both previous Labour and current Conservative governments Prime Ministers have made decisions which affect all of us but they have no mandate from the electorate. It is the democratic right of the electorate to decide who will make decisions on our behalf.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.