Rejected 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.

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

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Date submitted 19 February 2019
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