Rejected petition Hold a General Election with proportional voting.

Hold a general election now but use proportional voting and remove first-past-the-post voting.

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Last election 29 Million voted, labour got 9.7 million votes and 411 seats 33% voted for them. Remove the old system and create a new proportional representation system where if a party gets 33% of votes they only get 33% of the power.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Is this about passing a law to change the voting system and then calling a general election on the new system or about calling a general election now (which would legally have to be on the old system)? - presumably the former, in which case that isn't entirely clear from the wording.

We already have a petition on calling a general election now which is still open and can be signed:

Dissolve Parliament and call a General Election now!
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/750050

There is also a petition open on holding a referendum on proportional representation:

Hold a referendum on replacing First Past the Post with proportional voting
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/734192

and another on supporting the Elections (Proportional Representation) Bill currently before Parliament:

Government to support the Elections (Proportional Representation) Bill
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/732593

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 1 December 2025
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