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Call an immediate By Election if MPs change Party during a Parliamentary term.

Submitted on Monday 26th August 2019

Rejected on Monday 2nd September 2019

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Call an immediate By Election if MPs change Party during a Parliamentary term.

Petition Details

It is a fallacy that MPs are voted for personally, they are voted for by Party and that Party’s Manifesto.

Additional Information

It is a fallacy that MPs are voted for personally, they are voted for by Party and that Party’s Manifesto.

Any Member of Parliament who resigns the Whip or who has the Whip withdrawn from them must immediately resign, but may stand for re-election in a By Election, if selected, by another Party.

Any Member of Parliament who crosses the floor of the House, or who leaves the Party on whose Manifesto they were elected, must immediately resign as a Member of Parliament, but may stand for re-election in a By Election, if selected, by another Party.

By Elections to be held as soon as is allowed for in Parliamentary rules.


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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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