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Petition · past parliament

All MPs that resign from their party should immediately resign their seat.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Recently a number of MPs have resigned from their party and stay sitting as an MP. This is unacceptable. If they want to stand for the new party. They should stand for election under their new party.

Why it was rejected

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

Automatic by-election if an MP resigns membership of their political party

Timeline

20 Feb 2019 Petition opened for signatures
22 Feb 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 22 Feb 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.