This petition was submitted during the 2015–2017 Conservative government

Rejected petition Call for a border poll in Northern Ireland

The EU Referendum showed that 55.8% of Northern Ireland desired to remain in the EU. Theresa Villiers ruled a Northern Ireland border poll, claiming that circumstances in which a border poll would be called did not exist, regardless of the majority of the population voting for remain in the EU

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/134815

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