[TheCrackInTime]

As JPKC has been stripped of his MP seat, a by-election has been called to elect a new MP to the Model House of Commons.

The procedure for this by-election is the same as set out in the guidance document, except that I'll be running it instead of the Speaker.

1) The Speaker is responsible for everything surrounding TSR by-elections.

2) Manifestos are to be submitted to the Speaker by the deadline, any received after this time will be accepted at the Speaker’s discretion.

3) The restrictions on manifesto length and content shall be the same as in normal TSR General Elections.

4) Should there be fewer than 5 seats to be assigned, the resulting by-election may only be contested by independents or individuals running under a party banner.

5) Should there be 5 or more seats to be assigned, the criteria for normal TSR General Elections applies.

6) MPs are not eligible to stand.

7) An individual running under a party banner may win a maximum of 1 seat.

8) Should the condition in 4) be true:

8a) Each party may only have 1 candidate running running under their banner
8b) If an equal number or fewer candidates stand than seats to be assigned, the by-election shall be cancelled.
8c) The poll shall be a multiple choice vote, unless there is only 1 seat to be assigned.

9) Individuals who run under party banners will be identified as such and any seat won by them is held by the party.

10) Any person wishing to stand as an independent must resign from their former party.

11) All TSR members with more than 150 posts and 3 months experience may vote.

12) Should the condition in 4) be true, the candidates with the highest number of votes will be assigned a seat until they are all filled. Otherwise, the d'Hondt method shall be used to calculate seats. If an extra seat is required, it is permitted.

13) The results shall not affect who is in Government or Opposition.

The timetable for the by-election is as follows:

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4th August - Election is announced by The Speaker.

4th August - The Speaker will inform interested candidates/parties to submit their manifestos

11th August - All manifestos should have been received by The Speaker.

11th August - The Speaker will post the manifestos in a thread in the Model House of Commons forum, add a secret 7 day poll with the option of “Spoilt Ballot” and send a message out to MPs informing them of the vote.

18th August - The election closes and seats are assigned.

[toronto353]

I assume that only individuals can stand under a party banner so it won't be parties submitting manifestos, but individuals correct?

[TheCrackInTime]

(Original post by toronto353)
I assume that only individuals can stand under a party banner so it won't be parties submitting manifestos, but individuals correct?

Yep. Only individuals can stand, but those representing a party can submit their manifesto to me directly or via their party leader.

[lambert1]

I don't use TSR much I feel like entering who do I send a manifesto to? Do any parties want me to stand for them?

[jesusandtequila]

(Original post by lambert1)
I don't use TSR much I feel like entering who do I send a manifesto to? Do any parties want me to stand for them?

You can stand as an independent, too.

[D.R.E]

Why has JPKC stripped of his seat?

[Mazzini]

(Original post by D.R.E)
Why has JPKC stripped of his seat?

Because he made a dupe account and was spying on the Lib Dem subgorum for ages. Nick made a statement somewhere about it.

[Life_peer]

(Original post by D.R.E)
Why has JPKC stripped of his seat?

Here is the statement.

[barnetlad]

Unlike RL this will be a by-election without a candidate from, or supporting the principles of, the Monster Raving Loony Party, as I am in the MHofC.

[lambert1]

So if I want to be an independent do I just send a manifesto to metrobeans?

[Stiff Little Fingers]

(Original post by lambert1)
So if I want to be an independent do I just send a manifesto to metrobeans?

No - send it to thecrackintime, he's running this by-election.

[CLS94]

(Original post by lambert1)
So if I want to be an independent do I just send a manifesto to metrobeans?

If you want to get involved in the house, the best thing to do is probably to join whichever party best matches your political views. That way, you can start influencing their policy, and eventually work your way up to perhaps being selected as an MP for them Best of luck with the by-election though!

[toronto353]

(Original post by barnetlad)
Unlike RL this will be a by-election without a candidate from, or supporting the principles of, the Monster Raving Loony Party, as I am in the MHofC.

You could find another person to stand as a MRLP candidate. That could also help you to start building up to eventually starting up the MRLP.

[lambert1]

(Original post by CLS94)
If you want to get involved in the house, the best thing to do is probably to join whichever party best matches your political views. That way, you can start influencing their policy, and eventually work your way up to perhaps being selected as an MP for them Best of luck with the by-election though!

I'm unsure of which party I belong in. I don't want to join a competitive party overflowing with members as it will make it unlikely that i'll become an MP for a while.

[toronto353]

(Original post by lambert1)
I'm unsure of which party I belong in. I don't want to join a competitive party overflowing with members as it will make it unlikely that i'll become an MP for a while.

Why not stand as an independent MRLP candidate and then if you win, you'll have a seat and can work with barnetlad to get the MRLP up and running in this place?

[JPKC]

(Original post by lambert1)
I'm unsure of which party I belong in. I don't want to join a competitive party overflowing with members as it will make it unlikely that i'll become an MP for a while.

Do you not have any political views? Normally people use those to judge which Party to join.

[D.R.E]

(Original post by Life_peer)
Here is the statement.

Impressive. He has a lot of time on his hands!

[toronto353]

(Original post by D.R.E)
Impressive. He has a lot of time on his hands!

Well I've always imagined JPKC as the following:



Mini-Me is internetguru.

[PoGo HoPz]

(Original post by D.R.E)
Impressive. He has a lot of time on his hands!

[moonkatt]

How did he get found out?