Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament

Rejected petition Prime Minister to call an election to test the confidence of the British people.

The new Prime Minister was elected by a tiny proportion of the British public and will not have their support until his position is put to a full vote in a general election.

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Only 138809 votes cast in the Tory Party leadership election, where as there are roughly 46 million eligible voters in the UK

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/264215

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