Rejected petition Make misrepresenting the voting preferences of constituents an offence

When there is a known majority for a particular position to be adopted (ie, after a national referendum), an MP must vote with their constituents choice and not their own agenda or conscience

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

How an MP votes would be an individual decision for that person, and not a decision for the Government or Parliament as a whole.

You could ask your own MP to vote according to the result of referendum in your constituency. You can find out who your MP is and how to contact them here:

https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/

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

Date submitted 26 March 2019
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