Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament

Rejected petition Force a By-Election for Members of Parliament, who leave a Political Party.

The manifesto of a political party is a deciding factor for voting for your local member of parliament, in the event that an MP decides to change their political views, and to leave the party that they were elected under, should stand again in a by election.

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.