By-Elections required for elected officials that switch political affiliation

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

A new rule is required if an elected official switches their political affiliation during the middle of a political term they should be required to stand in a By-Election as they no longer have a mandate from their constituents who voted them in.

This new rule is required due to the recent resignation of Douglas Carswell from Ukip he had a By-election when he switched his political affiliation from Conservative to Ukip but now believes he can skip that process and continue to stand a elected MP even though he has lost his mandate to do so.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/mar/26/carswell-ukip-mp-farage-independent

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Change the law to make any MP who changes allegiance from one party to resign

Timeline

10 Apr 2017	Petition opened for signatures
12 Apr 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 12 Apr 2017

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