| Comment | normally this would trigger a by-election, either by the MP resigning or a recall petition coming from Westminster supported by 10% of the constituents
the party then provides a new candidate and the resigned MP either stands for re-election as an independent or stands down entirely
usually the MP resigns in order to avoid the negative associations of the recall petition, so to have a better chance of standing as an independent
if we're talking about Ferrier, she's being hard-nosed about it all because she doesn't think she did anything wrong, so it'll just take a bit longer awaiting the petition to happen, but you can expect a by-election in early 2021. |
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