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[occ:The High court should have its own thread lol, or does it?[/occ]


Your Honour I, Baron Kevyn Fox MP, request clarificaton on an issue.

In the thread here Jools stated

Originally posted by Jools
I hereby resign from the Free Republicans and join the Conservative Coalition.

Mel later told Jools he had to resign in the FR thread, and he hasnt replied to mel or the FR thread so its not whether Jools did resign (although clarification on that would help) its this:

During elections the parliamentry seats are given out on a Party basis as you know, if the FR wins more % of the votes he gets that % of seats in Parliament for its members. If a member of that Party resigns from that party and joins/starts another can he take his seat in Parliament with him. Take Jools, if he did resign, can he take that seat with him tothe CC? Or would he void his seat. I asked Mel about it but he replied "the rules aren't entirely clear on that" So Im asking you :). Also what about mergers and stuff like that, can they take their seat then?
 
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Well to defend my case, MP's are selected for a cadence so even if I leave my party I should remain with my membership. However I would like to point out that I didn't leave the FR yet and the FR will be merging with the CC.

Anyway there are two cases to look through

1)MP leaves party --> still is MP
2)MP is promoted to i.e. a ministerial position or dies --> Party chooses new MP from amongst themselves.
 

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Originally posted by Jools
1)MP leaves party --> still is MP
2)MP is promoted to i.e. a ministerial position or dies --> Party chooses new MP from amongst themselves.
I agree that (1) could benefit from a clarification by the High Court. I'd add a third issue, though:

(3) party disintegrates: do its MPs keep their seats?

And as a fourth issue, mentioned by Kevyinus:

(4) party merges: do its MPs keep their seats, but represent the "new" party?

In both (3) and (4), my intuitive answer would be yes.
 

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[OOC: No offense to Blade! but I think he needs an assistant because he doesn't seem to have enough time for Eutopia]
 

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Originally posted by Jools
[OOC: No offense to Blade! but I think he needs an assistant because he doesn't seem to have enough time for Eutopia]

OOC: THis was only posted yesterday! :D
 

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OOC: Court was thinking.


IC:

Ruling Handed Down:

It is found that representatives have been placed with a trust to represent their consituents, and that it is the constituents responsibility to elect and decide their own party leadership. Therefore, it is the person and not the party who will hold the seat; members can take their seats with them to their new party. In this case, however, at the time of the petition, the Representative Per in question has not officially resigned, and thus was stil a member of that Per's original party. Mergers can occur between parties, but representatives cannot be shifted around and shuffled mid-term, so the original parties delegates must remain.