Require a referendum in the local area subject to a council being abolished
The current process allows Government to force top-down council reorganisations without a final, binding say from local residents. We believe that local consultations are often flawed. We demand the law be changed to give residents the democratic right to a referendum.
Signatures
138
signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 138/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 138/100,000
- 01 DEC 2025Petition opened for signaturesCreated by James Miere
Background
Giving people a final say in a binding local referendum is the only democratic way to ensure reorganisations of local councils can only be done if there is support from the local people.