Rejected petition Demand a By-election for Bury South

Demand a By-election for Bury South as a result in the MP defection to another party.

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The people who voted for this MP to represent them in Parliament for the Conservatives. Not to defect to another party to which many people have lost all respect for.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about honours or appointments.

We can't accept petitions about honours or appointments, which includes calling for Ministers or MPs to be sacked, resign, or to be subject to a recall vote or a vote of no confidence.

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Mandatory by-election for MPs who resign from their party or lose the whip: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/606743

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

Date submitted 20 January 2022
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