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De-select Yvette Cooper MP - Normanton, Pontefract & Castleford

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Remain MP Yvette Cooper has been applying amendments in order to Revoke, Delay and sabotage Leaving the EU.

Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford voted to leave the EU by a majority vote of 69.26%.
Yvette Cooper stood on a Labour manifesto to apply the will of the people and her constituents to leave the EU.

Cooper has applied many variants and amendments to frustrate the withdrawal agreement and only today has applied to have no deal applied to the motion by law. She and other members of the Labour Party are playing party politics using their own remains views in order not to act on the will of the people.


Yvette Cooper must be deselected a MP for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can't accept your petition because it is not something the UK Government or Parliament is responsible for.

The selection of parliamentary candidates is the responsibility of their political party.

Timeline

2 Apr 2019 Petition opened for signatures
9 Apr 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 9 Apr 2019

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