Claim: For a recall petition to succeed, 10,000 constituents must support it.
Fact-check: The threshold for a recall petition to succeed is 10% of voters, not 10,000 - Full Fact
Verdict: this isn't correct. a recall petition requires 10% of the eligible registered electorate to sign it in order to succeed. in almost all parliamentary constituencies, meeting this threshold would require fewer than 10,000 signatures.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Smith
Date published: 2023-06-12T00:00:00