Petition Pass a law that triggers an early General Election via a public petition

Right now, only the Prime Minister can request an early General Election. We believe the public should also have a clear democratic mechanism to do so.

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We call on the Government to bring forward proposals to:

• Pass a law where a petition signed by over 50.1% of registered voters can trigger an early General Election.
• Allow public petitions which receive significantly large amounts of signatures to automatically trigger a no confidence debate in Parliament

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684 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 684 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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Created by Stuart Thorley
Deadline 10 April 2026 All petitions run for 6 months
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