MP Christian Wakeford changing parties….

[1198]

Should a MP be allowed to simply change parties of his own accord?
Isn’t it the will of the population - his constituency - which party they elect to represent them?
In my mind he should have stood down and immediately stood for re-election as Labour rather than making the assumption he knows best and dictates the party that he thinks his constituents want / he wants. In my opinion it’s not him as a man that the people voted in but the party and policies he represents.
Any opinions?

[Nobby the Bastard]

If you want to vote for party rather than the person, what you want is proportional representation.
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[Nobby the Bastard]

yes, but it's the persons name on the ballot. You vote for the person. He represents your interests in parliament. He's the one who sits in his surgery dealing with his constiunents issues.

Thats our electiion process.

It's like the assumption of people who say that Boris was elected PM. Not by the populous, he wasn't.
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[Nobby the Bastard]

[chickenstrip]

The SNP will probably do away with elections altogether before long anyway
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[chickenstrip]

[Islander]

[Islander]

Anyway, back to the OP's question. It's an old tradition in the UK Parliament for disgruntled MPs (Winston Churchill did it twice in his political career) to cross the floor and a useful reminder to the party leadership that they need to put their house in order.

As Nobby says, it's the MP that does the work for the constituency.

[Nobby the Bastard]

Oswald Moseley did it twice and then set up the British Facist party.
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[Islander]

[Easy-X]

I think what people might have issue with on switching parties - in the short term - is it's a risk free protest. You give your old party a slap and carry on. It'll catch up with you at the next election of course.

"I'm resigning my seat and standing as an independent at the byelection!" That would show you have supreme confidence in yourself and your relationship with the electorate and also in whatever message you're promoting. However "principles" and "courage" are not words oft associated with politicians
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[Im-a-Ridah]

He should call a by-election because he no longer has the support of the Conservative membership, and he certainly doesn't have the support of the Labour membership. Both sides say there should be a by-election, and he knows as soon as there is one he is finished.

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[Nobby the Bastard]

[Im-a-Ridah]

We should reform the party system to remove the "generic" fence sitters who just want to get elected. Potential party options could include

1. Strong borders and common sense (~ Daily Mail, Express)
2. The educated elites (~Guardian)
3. Social justice warrior (~Momentum)
4. I will say anything to get elected (Keir, Blair, Cameron, Sunak etc)

[Nobby the Bastard]

And he joined Labour, which requires their.agreement, it's an ex red wall constituency, torys are doing badly in the poles and he's the sitting mp.
Tbh it's a case that Labour reduce the tories majority by one now that they would have reduced by one at the next election
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[Im-a-Ridah]

[redeem ouzzer]

Fucking hell you wouldn't trust that cunt around kids....
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[Ste]

He's just being sour because he didn't get invited to the Downing Street lockdown party.