>> I can't remember the rules, but if enough voters call for a by election you
>> can have one?
Voters cannot trigger a by-election at will. If however an MP is suspended for breach of standards, jailed for a period insufficient to automatically disqualify them or convicted od expenses fraud then constituents can petition for their recall.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recall_of_MPs_Act_2015
Ian Paisley junior, MP for North Antrim, came within a hairsbreadth of recall last year.
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