Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition The result of all future referendums should require a 60% vote to become law.

Narrow majority results makes the result inconclusive.

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Both recent EU and Scottish referendums had narrow majorities . and in the opinion of many inconclusive

This petition was rejected

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/171536

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