This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Make a legal requirement for MP'switching parties to submit to a new election.
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It is a perversion of democracy if MP's having been elected by a constituency on a manifesto completely abandon that for whatever reason and join a different party, sometimes diametrically opposed to the understanding upon which they were elected. It is a betrayal of their constituents.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/242193
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