Petition · past parliament

Have a local election after Christian Wakeford Bury South MP switched parties

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

Christian Wakeford Bury South MP left the Conservative party for Labour.
The local area voted for Conservative not Labour, its makes a mockery of the voting system.
The people spoke, if you leave a party it must go back to the public vote.
Give the vote back to the people, its pointless voting when MP's just switch mid term.

Why it was rejected

It was about honours or appointments, which petitions cannot cover.

We can't accept petitions about honours or appointments, which includes calling for Ministers or MPs to be sacked, resign, or to be subject to a recall vote or a vote of no confidence.

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Mandatory by-election for MPs who resign from their party or lose the whip: Mandatory by-election for MPs who resign from their party or lose the whip

Timeline

20 Jan 2022 Petition opened for signatures
25 Jan 2022 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 25 Jan 2022

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