Ensure the 2025 UK local elections go ahead without restrictions
Multiple council and unitary authority elections are due to take place on 1st May 2025. There is a possibility the current government will make a unilateral decision to cancel or postpone those elections. This petition aims to trigger a debate in Parliament on whether the elections should proceed.
Signatures
8
signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 8/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 8/100,000
- 25 FEB 2025Petition rejectedduplicate
You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action: Do not postpone the local elections https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/710155
- 16 DEC 2024Petition created
Background
To uphold parliamentary democracy in the UK and prevent any acting government from independently changing scheduled elections without the consensus of all serving MPs.