Rejected petition: Stop MPs from voluntarily resigning, then standing in the resulting by-election
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Change the law to prevent a current MP from standing in a by-election that was triggered by their own voluntary resignation.
Such behaviour wastes time and money, and is a misuse of the electoral system.
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 similar action: "Prevent MPs who resign their seat from standing for re-election for 12 months" https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/776390
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