Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament

Rejected petition If an mp leaves their party they resign

They stood for a party and if they don’t like to represent that party it should be up to the electorate who put them there to show if they still support them or still wish the party they are leaving to represent them

This petition was rejected

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

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