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Petition · past parliament

Force a by-election if MPs leave a party they represented when elected.

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

There have been a number of MPs that have recently quit their party and therefore they no long stand by the manifesto pledges that got them elected.

Their constituents deserve the right to elect new a new parliamentary representative.

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

29 Mar 2019 Petition opened for signatures
12 Apr 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 12 Apr 2019

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