Rejected petition Ban party whips.

MPs should be allowed to vote according to their own free will and not be forced to tow party lines.

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It is undemocratic and acts for the greater good of the party in power, not the country as a whole.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Decisions about whipping are the responsibility of the political parties, and decisions about how to vote in the House of Commons are the responsibility of individual MPs, not the UK Government or Parliament as a whole.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 24 January 2022
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