Submitted on Friday 16th January 2026
Rejected on Wednesday 4th February 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
If a member of parliament changes party allegiance, a bi-election is held.
A bi-election should be held in a constituency if it's Member of Parliament changes party allegiance during their term.
This could be moving from one party to another, joining a party from being an independent or becoming an independent.
The country is becoming increasingly partisan with constituent's votes often being decided by the party, so MPs changing party mid-term goes against this. The party whip will also change this MP's voting in the commons.
This can create disappointment with many voters and can feel they are being misrepresented.
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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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