Resignation from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
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Resignation from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
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As a constitutional convention, members of Parliament (MPs) sitting in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom are not formally permitted to resign their seats. To circumvent this prohibition, MPs who wish to step down are instead appointed to an "office of profit under the Crown"; by law, such an appointment disqualifies them from sitting in the House of Commons. For this purpose, a legal fiction has been maintained whereby two unpaid sinecures are considered to be offices of profit: Steward
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UK parliamentary procedure
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resignation_from_the_House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom
date created:
2003-03-05T23:20:51Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T06:02:59Z
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