Brexit

1.7 million sign petition against suspending parliament

In March, a petition to revoke Article 50 and cancel Brexit collected over five million signatures on the UK government's website. In fact, the volume of traffic on the website was so great that it crashed on multiple times. Theresa May of course rejected the message of the petition citing worries that cancelling Brexit would cause "potentially irreparable damage to public trust". The latest Brexit-related petition to amass large numbers of signatures is aimed at Boris Johnson's proroguing of parliament in a bid to force through the country's exit from the EU at any cost.

As of this morning, there are over 1.7 million signatures on the list, making it the second most-popular petition of recent times, according to government tracking. The two million mark is expected to be reached at some point this evening.

Description

This chart shows the ten most-signed petitions under the current UK government.

Download Chart
Premium statistics
Number of civil petition documents issued via Gov.kr South Korea 2012-2022
Share of people who think Brexit was the right or wrong decision 2020-2024
Support for different EU trading relationships in the UK 2023
Premium statistics
Private citizen petition case number in Taiwan 2013-2023, by stage
Results of key votes on Brexit in the UK House of Commons 2019-2020
U.S. petitions filed for union election 2013-2023

Any more questions?

Get in touch with us quickly and easily.
We are happy to help!

Do you still have questions?

Feel free to contact us anytime using our contact form or visit our FAQ page.

Statista Content & Design

Need infographics, animated videos, presentations, data research or social media charts?

More Information