Hold compulsory by elections when MP's resign their party whip mid term.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The British public has been bombarded by calls to vote again over certain issues. The argument is that things have changed so a new vote is needed. By that standard, if voters elect a member from one party, and then that party is not represented, the same standard should apply.

There has been a rash of resignations in the Commons. That means that constituents expecting to be represented by a particular party's candidate now have an unaccountable MP representing them. Several of those Mps have publically called for the referendum to be held again because of "changes in what the people voted for", yet they see no irony in changing what party their constituents voted for. We call for compulsory bye elections to be held in cases like this

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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