Petition · past parliament

Resigning MP’s to vacate their seats or face an immediate by-election.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Recently, 8 Labour and 3 Conservative MP’s have resigned from their party because they can’t get their own way in the Brexit process and have decided to pursue their own selfish agendas, instead of supporting their party’s own election manifesto promises.
Resignations of convenience by these MP’s, who are completely ignoring their constituents wishes and the reasons they were originally elected, must resign their seats.

I’m calling on Parliament to force those resigning MP’s to face a by-election in their constituencies should they refuse to resign their seats.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 27 Feb 2019

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