Rejected petition Ban Parliamentary Whips

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Democracy is founded on the right for people to have a say in what goes on in Government.

We, the people elect our officials on the basis that they will vote in favour or against a motion before Parliament that is representative of the views of their constituents and the general British public.

Parliamentary whips are contrary to democracy by encouraging, pushing, poking, prodding, bullying and threatening our elected representatives to vote along the party line. This petition supports the abolition of Parliamentary whips, so that our elected MPs are free to vote in the way that represents the views of their constituents and the public, not the views of their leader.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Whipping is a matter for political parties and not HM Government

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 24 October 2011
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