Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament

Rejected petition Call for General Election our Prime Minister should be elected by the people.

In the last 100 years around half of our Prime Ministers have been 'unelected' With only 5 ever winning an Election.

Our Prime Minister is our Voice so we the people should have a Voice in choice of Prime Minister.

More details

https://fullfact.org/news/unelected-prime-ministers-common-or-not/

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/252449

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