Enforce Bi-Elections for MP's who change party allegiance

The Issue

Personally I don't believe having a general election at this point will solve the deadlock that we currently have in Parliament as too many MP's keep changing the parties that they represent. The average voter does not remember the names of the local candidates but do remember the name of Party Leaders and what they represent. Let's be frank, most people at this point will vote Labour because they don't want Boris in charge, Conservative because they don't want Corbyn in charge or vote the other parties in a protest vote to have neither of them in charge! Perhaps you'll vote Conservative to leave or Labour or Lib Dems to remain but either way it seems your next vote will be in vain if MP's continue to change parties. Too many politicians when changing their party allegiance keep stating that they will continue to "represent their constituents" but it seems that they are only interested in serving themselves. MP's have no accountability when changing their parties so should be forced to have a Bi-Election before they should be allowed to change their party allegiance to truly gage the feelings of the constituents that they claim to represent. Hopefully this will allow MP's to cast a vote on the constituents behalf rather than their own personal beliefs or preferences.

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The Issue

Personally I don't believe having a general election at this point will solve the deadlock that we currently have in Parliament as too many MP's keep changing the parties that they represent. The average voter does not remember the names of the local candidates but do remember the name of Party Leaders and what they represent. Let's be frank, most people at this point will vote Labour because they don't want Boris in charge, Conservative because they don't want Corbyn in charge or vote the other parties in a protest vote to have neither of them in charge! Perhaps you'll vote Conservative to leave or Labour or Lib Dems to remain but either way it seems your next vote will be in vain if MP's continue to change parties. Too many politicians when changing their party allegiance keep stating that they will continue to "represent their constituents" but it seems that they are only interested in serving themselves. MP's have no accountability when changing their parties so should be forced to have a Bi-Election before they should be allowed to change their party allegiance to truly gage the feelings of the constituents that they claim to represent. Hopefully this will allow MP's to cast a vote on the constituents behalf rather than their own personal beliefs or preferences.

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Petition created on 8 September 2019