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A By-election to be called for any place that the MP defects from a party.

Submitted on Friday 21st January 2022

Rejected on Tuesday 25th January 2022

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

A By-election to be called for any place that the MP defects from a party.

Petition Details

To hold a by election in any ward where a sitting MP choses to leave the party he/she was elected in. This to be Made Law.

Additional Information

Make it a law that any sitting/elected MP moving parties, crossing the floor a by election in that ward is held. This is to be fair to the electorate as they might have voted or a party rather than a person, which is normally the case, And not to have another party's political views thrust upon that electorate.


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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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Mandatory by-election for MPs who resign from their party or lose the whip
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/606743

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