Voter Recall And The Removal Of Hon. Members

EDM number 1024 in 2010-12, proposed by Robert Halfon on 17/11/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Members of Parliament and Parliamentary procedure.

That this House believes that the provisions of the Representation ofthe People Act 1983 relating to the removal of democratically-elected Members of Parliament should be repealed;considers that there should instead be a system of voter recall which would ensure that if an hon. Member were judged to have committedwrongdoing, their constituents should be able to petition to force a by-election, with a minimum threshold of 10 per cent. of the electorate and that voter recall would only occur if an hon. Member had committed an offence, rather than because of policy differences; congratulates the new Government on its promise of early legislation to create voter recall; and urges it to present a draft Bill to the House.

This motion has been signed by a total of 3 MPs.