{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/775647.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":775647,"attributes":{"action":"Call a General Election, Andy Burnham has no mandate!","background":"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.","additional_details":"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. \r\n\r\nTherefore, any government formed by Andy Burnham is not a democratically elected government.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":7,"created_at":"2026-06-30T16:32:07.643Z","updated_at":"2026-07-13T09:55:18.620Z","rejected_at":"2026-07-13T09:55:17.351Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-06-30T19:03:50.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:\r\n\r\nGeneral election now – and always call one if a PM is replaced\r\nhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/771833"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}