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Introduce legislation to trigger a General Election if the PM resigns

Submitted on Tuesday 25th October 2022

Rejected on Friday 28th October 2022

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Introduce legislation to trigger a General Election if the PM resigns

Petition Details

Introduce legislation to immediately trigger a general election within a reasonable time frame in the instance that the Prime Minister resigns or is otherwise removed from office outside of general election proceedings.

Additional Information

Whilst our voting system is based upon choosing a local MP, it is clear that the vast majority of people place their vote on who they wish to become PM.

This legislation would ensure that, if a PM were to leave office, the question of who should replace them was given to the entire voting public.

As the risk associated with ousting a PM would be far greater, it may also encourage the ruling party to place greater onus on working together, thereby creating a more stable government.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

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 this petition which calls for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/620016

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