Submitted on Thursday 15th January 2026
Rejected on Wednesday 4th February 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
If an MP defects to another political party an immediate by-election is called
When an MP defects to a different political party (ie not the one they stood for at the last election), an immediate by-election should be called in the MP’s constituency.
The law should be changed to make this happen.
When an MP defects, they no longer stand for the manifesto on which they were elected and therefore no longer represent their constituents.
It is a personal choice of the MP to change party and their constituents should be allowed to vote on whether they agree or disagree with the choice and agree with the values of the new party. An immediate by-election should be called allowing constituents the choice of which party represents them.
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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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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:
By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/737660
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