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Make all MP's who change from one party to another, have to have a bi-election.

Submitted on Monday 26th January 2026

Rejected on Tuesday 24th February 2026

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Make all MP's who change from one party to another, have to have a bi-election.

Petition Details

MP's who change party mid term, have to resit their seat.

Additional Information

With our party system MP's are voted in as they are part of a party system, if they now change the party they support, they should go for re-election.


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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 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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