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Trigger a by-election if an MP resigns from their political party

Submitted on Wednesday 20th February 2019

Rejected on Friday 22nd February 2019

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

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Trigger a by-election if an MP resigns from their political party

Petition Details

If a Member of Parliament decides to leave the party under which they were elected, then a by-election should automatically be triggered for the constituency that they represent.


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This petition was rejected

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.

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