Close the Recall Loophole: Stop MPs Escaping Accountability Through Re-Election — 6 signatures. Status: rejected.
Reform parliamentary standards and recall laws so MPs cannot evade consequences for serious, deliberate misconduct by relying on a loyal personal or political following to repeatedly secure re-election after recall. Create proportionate criminal sanctions and disqualification.
The recall system can be ineffective where a highly popular or populist MP has supporters willing to overlook serious misconduct because they prioritise the MP’s political aims. A recalled MP can currently stand again in the resulting by-election. Parliament should create proportionate criminal sanctions and disqualification for serious, deliberate misconduct, preventing repeated recall and re-election from defeating accountability and allowing the same misconduct to recur indefinitely.
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