Important:
This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition MPs who defect from a party, constituents to hold by-election within 3 months.
In the past few years more than 45 MPs have defected from their elected party and have not offered their position for by-election. Most constituents vote for the party no the ego of the individual MP
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/269912
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.