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To: The Cabinet Office

Stop parliamentary candidates being parachuted into constituencies

Prospective parliamentary candidates should have been resident in their constituency for a minimum of 5 years.

This should be enshrined in law and not be left to the discretion of the local party members.

Why is this important?

For MPs to be truly representative they must be true residents of that constituency.

Currently career politicians of all parties are parachuted in to 'safe seats'.

This leads to MPs with no understanding of their local constituency needs.

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Updates

2014-11-03 19:36:55 +0000

10 signatures reached