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Petition · past parliament

MPs who defect to other parties should face mandatory by-election!

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Over the past few months, we have seen MPs who were elected on a manifesto for a particular political party defect to another party.
This has all been done without a by-election.
We believe that MPs who choose to defect during a parliament should face a mandatory by-election.
That would be democracy in action.

Why it was rejected

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

Politicians who changes parties should have to go through a new By Election.

Timeline

3 Sep 2019 Petition opened for signatures
6 Sep 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 6 Sep 2019

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