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Rejected petition: Call a General Election, Andy Burnham has no mandate!

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This petition calls on the UK Government to call a General Election. The incoming Prime Minister, Andy Burnham MP, does not have a mandate from the public.

This petition calls on the UK Government to call a General Election. The incoming Prime Minister, Andy Burnham MP, does not have a mandate from the public, having been elected by just over 24,000 electors in Makerfield. He never stood as an MP in the 2024 election on a Parliamentary Manifesto, leaving him with no actual mandate to govern the wider United Kingdom.

Therefore, any government formed by Andy Burnham is not a democratically elected government.


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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

General election now – and always call one if a PM is replaced
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/771833

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