That a by-election be triggered immediately if a serving MP changes party.
Hold a by-election immediately if a serving MP changes party affliation.
Signatures
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Government response threshold (10,000) · 7/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 7/100,000
- 18 FEB 2026Petition rejectedduplicate
You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/737660
- 26 JAN 2026Petition created
Background
When voting in a general election, one considers which party and which individual candidate would best serve the constituency and, probably, the country as a whole. I suspect that in a general election, the party counts for more than the individual. There has recently been a spate of MPs changing party mid-term and joining parties which their constituents *did not choose*.