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Rejected petition: We need to have an election due to Keir Starmer resigning

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Any PM who resigns should not be followed by a member of their party by succession. The public vote for PM not the party, deciding who becomes next PM.


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.