Submitted on Friday 16th August 2019
Rejected on Thursday 29th August 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Hold By-Elections when MPs "Cross the Floor" or "Lose the Whip"
This Bill seeks to ensure that all MPs;
[A] Who join or create another party
[B] or declare their Independence, or
[C] Who "lose their parties whip" would be liable to stand in an immediate By-Election, so that their constituents could have the final say on their decision.
Rarely discussed by MPs, the arguments against such a Bill stem from Edmund Burke’s speech in Bristol in 1774. Burke argued that MPs are sent to Parliament as representatives, not delegates, and as such sit in the House as individuals, not bound by party constraint, but each free to choose how best to represent their constituents, even if that seems to be against their best interests.
In the 21st century, for the electorate to be denied a voice when their representative changes his or her own mind is patently undemocratic. We do vote for the party we support, which is why the Political Party names and logos were added to the ballot paper.
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