Submitted on Tuesday 27th January 2026
Rejected on Tuesday 24th February 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
MPs that defect to another party should trigger an immediate by-election
Change the rules so that when a sitting MP defects to a different party, a by-election is immediately triggered
so that the electorate of the relevant constituency get a chance to be represented in parliament by an MP that represents them and the manifesto the majority initially voted for.
The votes should not follow the MP, as by definition of defection, the MP no longer represents the voters that put the MP in parliament, and the only way to check this is to have a by-election
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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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