Rejected petition: Any mp crossing the floor should trigger a bye election in thier constituency
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To change the law and make it compulsory to have a bye election in the constituency of any mp changing his party
It is wrong that an mp who ran for election for a party then chage that party because he wants to its unfair to the electors of his constituency
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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You may wish to sign this petition, which calls for the same action: "By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party" https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/737660
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.