Submitted on Wednesday 3rd December 2025
Rejected on Monday 12th January 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
DO NOT cancel local elections in Chorley, Preston and Blackburn in May 2026
Ensure that local elections in Chorley, Preston and Blackburn go ahead in May 2026. Do not cancel or postpone them as this would deny residents their democratic right to choose their local representatives. Democracy should never be paused. The government must protect the rights of its residents.
Cancelling the May 2026 elections would deny residents in Chorley, Preston and Blackburn their democratic right to choose who represents them. Proposals to create new larger "unitary" authorities in Lancashire are still uncertain and not due to take effect until 2028. Major decisions will still be made before any new "unitary" authority exists. Too much can change before 2028, and people deserve accountability and a say in their local elections and not be denied their chance to vote locally.
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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.
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We already have a petition open on stopping the cancellation of local government elections, including those you reference. You may wish to sign this:
Stop the cancellation of Local Elections to help uphold democracypetition.parliament.uk/petitions/751384
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