This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Limit the number of terms someone can sit as an MP.
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MPs should be limited to the number of terms they can sit as an MP to help increase the representation of women and ethnic minority candidates at Westminster, the limit should be three or four terms maximum.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/249457
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