This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Make it law to force a By-election when MPs change Political parties.
So many MPs have moved to other parties, on some occasions, more than once and no longer represent the views of their constituents, let alone parliament
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Anna Soubery Conservative, jumped ship to form Change UK. Angela James jumped from the Labour party to the Lib Dems . Luciana Berger jumped from Labour to Change UK, then to the Lib Dems. Philip Lee, conservative jumps ship to join the Lib Dems.
These are just a few, many more have done the same and therefore do not represent the electorate who voted for them!
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/269912
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