This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition If an MP resigns or is dropped from party a by-election is auto trigged
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People generally vote for a person representing a party. So when they leave that party they should leave seat and need to be re elected in the new party.
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.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/269912
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