Rejected petition MPs receiving custodial sentence to be dismissed and a bi-election triggered

The recall act 2015 should be updated to include a clause that if an MP receives a custodial sentence, it is grounds for immediate dismissed and a bi-election called for the constituency seat.

It is unethical for an MP represent constituents from a prison cell

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This comes from the disgraced Peterborough MP Fiona Onasanya.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/236142

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Date submitted 30 January 2019
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