Rejected petition If an (MP or Councillor) defects to another party they must face re-election.

Officials defecting may no longer have the backing of those that voted them into power.

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All too often we see officials change to parties with different ideals to those the voters put them in power to uphold or change.

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Date submitted 15 August 2019
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