Submitted on Wednesday 11th November 2020
Rejected on Thursday 10th December 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Maintain an independent electoral commission to draw constituency boundaries
sources have shown that the government intends to pass a bill that would prevent the need for parliament to approve the way constituency boundaries are redrawn. this is undemocratic and should not be done.
If the constituency boundaries are not subject to bi-partisan approval, they are not safe from gerrymandering, which would result in the outcome of an election not necessarily reflecting the will of the British people.
To ensure that the sanctity of democracy is upheld, elections must be fair, and potential gerrymandering could prevent this.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
Under the provisions of the Parliamentary Constituencies Bill 2019-21, the recommendations of the Boundary Commissions for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on redrawing constituency boundaries would no longer require Parliamentary approval. However, the Commissions are already independent bodies, and government ministers will have no power to alter their recommendations under the terms of the Bill.
You can find out more about the Bill here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8921/
We could accept a petition calling for the relevant provisions to be withdrawn from the Bill and for MPs to continue to have to vote to confirm recommendations of the Boundary Commission, if that's something you'd like to see happen.
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