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Petition · past parliament

Trigger a by-election if a MP defects from the party they were voted in with.

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Majority of people vote in their local MPs by voting for the party whose manifesto they agree with. As another MP defects from the party they were voted in for, it is time for by-elections to become mandatory when MPs defect from the party they stood for when voted in.

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
11 Sep 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13
Status Rejected
Rejected 11 Sep 2019

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