Submitted by Ian Tyes on Tuesday 6th January 2026
Published on Monday 23rd February 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Sunday 23rd August 2026
Current Signatures: 77
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Change ~ date ~ Electing ~ election manifesto ~ Elections ~ Ensure ~ First week ~ FIVE YEARS ~ Fixed ~ Format ~ General Election ~ Interim ~ local ~ Major ~ Manifesto ~ Parliament ~ Popular ~ Popularity ~ Roll ~ Unpopular ~ weeks ~ Years
Rolling General Election: 20% of seats elected each year in first week of May
Change the General Election format so that it is fixed, with one-fifth of seats contested each year in the first week of May just like local government elections. The Government cannot choose the date, it is fixed by Parliament.
At present, the Government can choose when to have the GE, up to five years after the last one. In the interim, there is nothing the electorate can do if the Government does the opposite of what they promised in their pre-election manifesto. If one-fifth of the seats are up for grabs every year, then an unpopular Government would lose its majority and have to change direction. A popular Government could strengthen its control and ensure they could make more changes.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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