Petitions/Mandate by-elections for Councillors who change parties post-election
StatusClosed
Opened15 Dec 2025
Closes15 Jun 2026
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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When somebody elected to represent a particular party changes allegiances they should be made to seek re-election as a representative of their new party

We believe that all too often we see Councillors moving from one political party to another, This does not bode well with the electorate who originally voted for them in the original election. This needs to change so that if any elected member changes political allegiance they should have to face a by-election and then the electorate decide who and which party represent them.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Mr Jonathan Brash
1Mr Jonathan Brash MP
Hartlepool
30
Tony Vaughan
2Tony Vaughan MP
Folkestone and Hythe
3
Carla Denyer
3Carla Denyer MP
Bristol Central
2
Sarah Gibson
4Sarah Gibson MP
Chippenham
2
Peter Lamb
5Peter Lamb MP
Crawley
2
Sadik Al-Hassan
6Sadik Al-Hassan MP
North Somerset
2
Stuart Anderson
7Stuart Anderson MP
South Shropshire
2
Brendan O'Hara
8Brendan O'Hara MP
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
2
Alex Baker
9Alex Baker MP
Aldershot
1
Mr Connor Rand
10Mr Connor Rand MP
Altrincham and Sale West
1
Mandate by-elections for Councillors who change parties post-election — Petitions