No, MPs don’t need to live in the riding they represent. Neither Britain nor Canada.
Comment on British public more likely to prefer Count Binface wins Clacton by-election than Nigel Farage
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 15 hours agoThe one thing I don’t understand is how can count bin face “choose” to run anywhere. He doesn’t have to run where he lives?
We sort of had this where one of our trolls, Majorie Taylor Greene (not to be confused with Magic The Gathering) had to rent a sham residence and “live” in the district that she wanted to elect her for a certain minimum period to be eligible.
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SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 14 hours ago
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
nor Canada.
Example: Pierre Polierve, leader of the opposition party who lost his seat in the last General election and had another MP (in one of his party’s safest constituencies in the country) resign so he could run (and win) in a by-election there.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 hours ago
We call them “carpet baggers” in the US
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 15 hours ago
It’s a good question, but I guess it’s fine. Farage doesn’t live in Clacton either.