Petition Automatic by-election if MPs resigns from their current party

If a Member of Parliament decides to leave the party they were elected under, then they should be required to call a by-election and stand as an independent or for another party.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

7,273 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 7,273 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 1 February 2019
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