Petition · past parliament

All MPs who have defected to the ‘Independent Group’ must fight by-elections.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

These MPs are all clamouring for a people’s vote on Brexit, yet they quit their parties and form this new group and ‘new politics’ with complete utter disregard for their constituents! They should all give their people a people’s vote on their defections and ‘new politics’ in by-elections
They say politics is broken, they are the ones breaking it even more. They refuse to accept the result of a democratic referendum and now refuse to give people in their constituents a vote on their defections. They are killing democracy!

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

21 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.