Wellingborough constituency voters have say on signing recall petition

In seven days, a legally-binding petition will be opened across the Wellingborough parliamentary constituency to decide the fate of under-fire Peter Bone MP.

Electors can, if they choose, add their names to a petition that could trigger a by-election if 10 per cent of the 80,765 registered voters sign.

The recall petition was triggered following the unopposed motion calling for Mr Bone’s suspension from the House of Commons.

Open for six weeks to be signed in person, via the post or by proxy, the outcome will be announced within a day of the petition being closed on December 19.

But it’s the registered voters in Mr Bone’s constituency who will decide the outcome if more than 8,077 sign the recall petition as a by-election will then be held.

On the streets of Wellingborough on a busy Tuesday lunchtime, those stopping to chat were a mix of signers, non-signers and many who were not aware of a petition or Peter Bone.

Retired Wellingborough resident Margaret King, 67, said she would be signing the petition.