Petition Introduce Primary Elections in the UK - candidate MP's should be chosen democratically by the public and not by the political elite

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Legislate to prevent political parties pushing forward candidates in an undemocratic way, and prevent MP's being imposed on the country by standing for election in one of their party's 'safe' seats.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

38 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 38 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 5 August 2012
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