This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition if an elected Member of Parliament switches party a by-election must be called.
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Currently it is deemed that constants are voting for the candidate and not the party...by making this change Constituents will have the say on who represents their political views in Parliament.
During the current Brexit debate, parliamentary members have switched parties at will, some several times, based on their own interests and not those of their constituents who voted for them.
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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/269912
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