Submitted on Saturday 11th August 2012
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Make "whipping" illegal.
Bribery, blackmail, intimidation and coercion have no place in politics.
To prevent such practices in parliamentary and local government elections, The Ballot Act of 1872 introduced the secret ballot for ordinary voters.
This purpose of this petition is to begin the process of extending that right to members of parliament, our elected representatives.
In a representative democracy, the elected representatives should always represent the electorate first. In order to be able to do this, every vote should be a free vote. Free from the bribery, blackmail, intimidation and coercion of party whips who put party and vested interests before those of an MP's constituents.
All parliamentary votes should be free votes.
MPs should be empowered to represent the electorate first and foremost.
Support this petition to make "whipping" illegal.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Whipping is a matter for political parties and not HM Government.
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