This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Make our elected MP’s choose their own party leader
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It is profoundly undemocratic to have party leaders elected by party members who make up a small proportion of the population. Party members tend not to be representative of the country as a whole which is why they elect leaders who represent their more extreme views.
Why was this petition rejected?
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/250515
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