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Petition · past parliament

Force Change UK members who hold parliamentary seats to hold a bi-election.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Why should members of Parliament be allowed to remain in place once they choose to defect to a new political party. The new Change UK party have existing Members of Parliament who were voted in by Conservative or Labour voters. Let their constituents decide if they remain MP's with a bi-election.

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

23 Apr 2019 Petition opened for signatures
14 May 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 14 May 2019

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