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Petition · past parliament

To run a by-election in south Cambs As Heidi Allen has left the Conservatives

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Heidi Allen has left the Conservative party therefore she has no mandate and needs to be replaced or voted in again
Due to Heidi Allen leaving the Conservative party to join another group who has a different mandate we feel a by election needs to be run to give the population the choice of candidate for south cambs

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
26 Feb 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 26 Feb 2019

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