This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Elected Members leaving their Party should resign and by-election should be held
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If Members elected for a Party resign and move to another Party or go Independent they must resign from Parliament and a new by-election should be held for that constituency
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/242193
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