Business Bytes: MPs are not permitted to resign – so how is it possible?
Technically speaking, it is not permitted for members of Parliament to give up their seats, however as David Cameron has demonstrated, it is entirely possible.
The prohibition dates back to 1624 when the House of Commons resolved that “no man, being lawfully chosen, can refuse the place" of being an MP.
Back in the seventeenth century, the role of the MP was seen as more of a burden than a position of power as it is now - so disallowing MPs to relinquish their role was a means of keeping them in the position.
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