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Political question….. 18:02 - Jun 17 with 668 views

Why is it that if an MP defects from one party to another it doesn’t trigger an automatic By Election?

If Ipswich for example voted in a Labour MP with a 10,000 Majority and in 6 months time they defected to the Tories then for 4 and a half years Ipswich would be represented in Parliament by a party they didn’t vote for and I’m Pretty sure most people vote for a party not a person

So surely if an MP defects there should be a By Election with the standing MP representing the party they’ve just defected to and the original party should be allowed to stand a new candidate against them and then the voters decide.

Political question….. on 18:12 - Jun 17 with 612 views

gtsb1966

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/crossing-the-floor/

Political question….. on 20:52 - Jun 17 with 464 views

GeoffSentence

Because, in theory, you vote for the candidate not the party.

It's a nonsense of course, particularly in a general election everyone isvoting for how they want the country to be run, which means party is most important.

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