About Petition
A petition is a request to do something, most commonly addressed to a government official or public entity. Petitions to a deity are a form of prayer called supplication. In the colloquial sense, a petition is a document addressed to some official and signed by numerous individuals.
Could the Conservatives lose five by-elections?
... The report is due on Thursday and many in Westminster are excepting them to recommend a suspension which would be enough to trigger a recall Petition - which would likely lead to a by-election...
Julian Assange: Does Wikileaks founder have a powerful ally in new Australian PM?
... So what - if anything - can Australia do? Mr Albanese - a signatory to the Bring Julian Assange Home Campaign Petition - last year said the 50-year-old should be freed...
Leicester widow petitions for progress on betting law review
...A widow has handed in a Petition calling on the government to publish a review of gambling laws...
Minority of men in politics behave like animals, says Suella Braverman
... If an MP is suspended for at least 10 days, their constituents can demand a by-election through a recall Petition...
War in Ukraine: Gordon Brown backs Nuremberg-style trial for Putin
... The former PMs are among 140 academics, lawyers and politicians to sign a Petition calling for a legal system modelled on the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals after World War Two...
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer calls for Claudia Webbe to resign
... Sir Keir said Webbe, 56, " should stand down [as an MP] and if she doesn t we will support a recall Petition"...
Harassment and bullying MPs could face vote to trigger election
... A loophole meant he did not face a Petition that could trigger a by-election...
Court asked to consider if PM's Brexit delay tactic is lawful
... What happened in court? Joanna Cherry and Jolyon Maugham had asked for the case to be continued On Monday, those behind the Petition - SNP MP Joanna Cherry, businessman Dale Vince and QC Jolyon Maugham - asked for a further extension...