Submitted on Monday 21st October 2019
Rejected on Tuesday 22nd October 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Any elected official changing political affiliation triggers a by-election
Voting is an expression of preference for a candidate for office representing the political beliefs of individual electors. Elected officials switching affiliations mid-term have effectively "stolen" the votes of those who elected them. They should be made to stand again in their new colours!
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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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