Submitted on Tuesday 17th September 2019
Rejected on Friday 20th September 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Automatic by-election if an MP resigns or is sacked from their political party.
If a Member of Parliament decides to leave or is sacked from the party they were elected under, then they should be required by law to call a by-election and stand as an independent or for another party if they wish to remain a sitting MP.
Previous reply from the government was the following "Formally, electors cast their vote for individual candidates, and not the political party they represent. The Government does not plan to change this constitutional position."
This is not the case, we don't have a choice if our MP's support brexit or remain, people vote for the party manifesto. We have now seen MP's switching parties or not supporting the manifesto they were elected on which puts the British parliamentary system to shame.
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