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Petition · past parliament

Make campaign and manifesto promises leagally binding.

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

With the amount of fabrications and aparently false promises made in the last election and the recent referendum over the EU. I want to see a change to the system to make parties and MP's directly responsible for the promises they make in any Election or referendum.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Make election manifestos a legal and binding contractual document

Timeline

25 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
8 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20
Status Rejected
Rejected 8 Jul 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.