Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament

Rejected petition Constituents power of recall when MPs don't represent majority under referenda

As within the Brexit referendum the majority of MPs do not actually represent their constituents. This is a basic failure of democracy that our 'representative parliamentary democracy' fails to this basic remit

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/268854

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