This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition MP's should vote with the wishes of the majority of their constituency.
Recently an M.P voted against the wishes of the people who voted her in , and indeed , the wishes of a majority of their constiutency .
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Recently an M.P who represents a constituency that voted In the Brexit referendum , a constituency with one of the biggest majorities in the country , voted to exit the E.U. In the recent vote in Parliament an elected MP ignored the wishes of two thirds of their constituency and voted against Brexit . The MP had voted against the wishes of the people who voted her in , and indeed , the wishes of a majority of the country .
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
We're not sure whether you'd like MPs to vote according to the wishes of the majority of their constituents only on the draft law which gives the Prime Minister the power to trigger Article 50. If so, we can't accept a petition about that, because it's a decision for individual MPs to make.
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