Submitted on Monday 18th February 2019
Rejected on Friday 22nd February 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make by elections a legally-binding procedure when an MP resigns from a party
MPs are allowed to resign from a party whip without the enforcement of a by election, which means the person in question can become an independent MP, without a public vote, despite acting on another manifesto.
I feel this is a breach of democracy, I therefore commend my petition to the public.
In light of the recent Labour-split, and the seven MPs that have resigned, it is only right that this be put into Law. It is not democratic to become an independent MP without public scrutiny.
To that end, I have put forward this petition, in the hope of not allowing this mistake to happen again.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/242193
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