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Mandatory by elections for defecting MPs

Submitted on Wednesday 19th January 2022

Rejected on Tuesday 25th January 2022

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Mandatory by elections for defecting MPs

Petition Details

The British public vote in General Elections for the party which has the policies that promise to deliver on their priorities. The vote is an important right in this country and being able to elect the MP of the party of your choice is critical to our democracy.

Additional Information

MPs who defect from the party they are elected to represent steal the vote and bring democracy in to disrepute. The rules must be changed to make by elections mandatory and give the public a chance to exercise their vote again


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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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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/606743

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