Labour MP Jonathan Reynolds said 10,000 constituents must sign a recall petition for it to succeed. The threshold is actually 10% of eligible registered voters, which in almost all constituencies requires fewer than 10,000 signatures.
For a recall petition to succeed, 10,000 constituents must support it.This isn’t correct. A recall petition requires 10% of the eligible registered electorate to sign it in order to succeed. In almost all parliamentary constituencies, meeting this threshold would require fewer than 10,000 signatures.
This isn’t correct, and Mr Reynolds’ office has since told Full Fact that he misspoke. In order to succeed, a recall petition requires the signatures ofInaccurate claims about political processes such as recall petitions have the potential to affect people’s trust in these processes, and could impact how or if they choose to participate. While Mr Reynolds has acknowledged the error, we are not aware of any public correction having been made at the time of writing.
Suspension from the House of Commons for at least 10 sitting days, or at least 14 calendar days if sitting days are not specified.Mr Reynolds’ comments came as he was discussing Mr Johnson’sahead of the publication of a report by the Privileges Committee on whether the former PM misled Parliament about what he knew about Covid-19 regulation breaches in Downing Street.
While the report is yet to be published, Mr Johnson’s resignation after receiving advance notice of its findings has been that the committee will recommend a suspension of longer than 10 days, which would have allowed for a recall petition to be triggered.
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