Rejected petition Constituencies should have an automatic local election when their MP defects.

I woukd like the house to accept that constituants voted to be represented not just by an MP but by mores of the parry to whom that member belongs. We should not be victims to defecting allegiances. It garners mistrust in politics and political consistency. We have a right to fair representation.

More details

In a time where there is growing division and mistrust in the system, the moving from one party to another for an MP can be a stark change in allegiance, support and priorities.
There is no real.way you can make an individual hold to goals their new party may not wish them to support (as we know the party whip generally guide the votes of its party MPs). It would be unethical for someone to gain a constituency under one set of interests only to represent priorities which undermine former ones.

This petition was rejected

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.

You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar 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.

Date submitted 16 January 2026
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.