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Give people power to dismiss MPs – change the Recall of MPs Act

Submitted by J Hunt on Sunday 6th July 2025

Published on Monday 1st September 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Sunday 1st March 2026

Signatures: 283

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Petition Action

Give people power to dismiss MPs – change the Recall of MPs Act

Petition Details

We think Parliament needs to change the Recall of MPs Act 2015 so that voters can start a recall petition at any time initiating a by-election, without needing certain circumstances to be met.

Additional Information

Right now, voters have no way before an election to remove an MP who stops listening, breaks promises, or ignores their local area.
We think this would give the public the right to remove their MP if they believe they are no longer doing the job properly.
Right now, voters have no way before an election to remove an MP who stops listening, breaks promises, or ignores their local area.
We think this change would give people the right to hold their MP to account between elections.
If 10% of voters in the MP’s constituency signed a petition, a by-election would be held.
We think this would make politics more democratic, fairer, more accountable, and give real power back to the public.


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