Petition Require a by-election if rules on election expenses are broken

Parliament should change the law so that a by-election is automatically triggered if the financial rules on electoral expenses are proved to have been broken. Without a by-election in these cases, the legitimacy of the MP's seat is questionable.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

2,846 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 2,846 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 29 October 2016
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