This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Make it obligatory for any mp resigning the whip to have to hold a by-election
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MPs formally part of the Labour Party have today resigned the party whip to sit as independents supposedly as they want a people’s vote. Yet they refuse to allow their constituents to vote in by-elections and stand on their new policies. This shouldn’t be the case.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/242193
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