Submitted on Wednesday 12th November 2025
Rejected on Thursday 11th December 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Give the people the power to call a general election.
HMG should enact a law by which 50% of the electorate in two thirds of constituencies can trigger a general election by petition or letter/email to their MP.
It is anathema in a modern democracy that a Prime Minister and government, which may quickly prove to be disastrous for the prosperity and wellbeing of the country cannot be brought to a General Election by the initiative of the people at law, instead having to be suffered by the people for a full five years. That is not democratic. The people must have the power, with enough numbers, to trigger a change of government sooner, should they see fit. General elections used to be annual.
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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 these petitions, which call for similar action:
"Give the British Public the Right to Vote No Confidence in the Government"
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/734311
"Pass a law that triggers an early General Election via a public petition"
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/739383
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