Submitted on Monday 7th October 2019
Rejected on Tuesday 8th October 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
A law that forces a by-election on any MP who changes party after being elected.
The majority of UK voters vote in a general election for the party they want in their area and ultimately in government, not the specific candidate. The proposed law would make it so that if a MP wishes to change party after being elected in another, they would have to face a by-election.
Many elected MPs believe they are entitled to switch party at their own will without consulting their constituents and without any consequences.
This is an undemocratic exercise as their constituents in a general election vote for the party they want in government and to represent their values but the MP is allowed to move a a completely different party with different values thus no longer representing the majority of their constituency.
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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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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/269912
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