Rejected petition Make by elections a legally-binding procedure when an MP resigns from a party

MPs are allowed to resign from a party whip without the enforcement of a by election, which means the person in question can become an independent MP, without a public vote, despite acting on another manifesto.

I feel this is a breach of democracy, I therefore commend my petition to the public.

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In light of the recent Labour-split, and the seven MPs that have resigned, it is only right that this be put into Law. It is not democratic to become an independent MP without public scrutiny.

To that end, I have put forward this petition, in the hope of not allowing this mistake to happen again.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/242193

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

Date submitted 18 February 2019
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