This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government

Rejected petition Any MP that changes party should stand for re-election.

Change UK is one example. Some of those members stated, before the Brexit referendum, that whatever the result, they should honour it even if it was decided by just one vote. They were voted in on a party ticket. It is a betrayal of the constituents they were elected to serve.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/242193

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