Make gerrymandering illegal, it prevents true democracy.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

On occasion there may be good reason to shift constituency boundaries. To do so with the express purpose of preventing the party in power being voted out democratically should be illegal as it prevents democracy working fairly and should be neither legal nor acceptable as a political strategy.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Boundary reviews in the UK are conducted by independent, impartial bodies. If you would like there to be a specific change to the process by which constituency boundaries are changed, you could start a new petition asking for that.

You can find out more about the existing process on the following pages:

http://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2018-review/

http://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/2018_westminster/index.asp

http://bcomm-wales.gov.uk/2018-review/?lang=en

https://www.boundarycommission.org.uk/current-review

Timeline

9 Jul 2016	Petition opened for signatures
22 Jul 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 22 Jul 2016

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