Rejected petition To stop MP’s from defecting to other parties during their term in office.

As a member of the public I find it an absolute insult that an MP who as signed an allegiance to one party to walk across the floor to join a second party of which they have not been voted in by their constituents. They should be made to hold another local election

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/269912

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Date submitted 3 September 2019
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