Petition · past parliament
Referendum or electoral campaigns secured by misinformation declared null & void
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
The success of democracy depends upon the ability of the people to make informed decisions. Without truthful campaigns on all sides, democracy is reduced to little more than a puppet show, with dire and far-reaching consequences. Deliberately misleading the general public should be an offence.
We propose the following:
1) If a referendum or electoral campaign is run on the basis of promises, statements, inferences or implied actions that then prove to be untrue, misrepresented, misleading or inaccurate, or if the party has no intention or clear plan for carrying out such actions, the result must be considered null and void.
2) Campaigns overseen for accuracy
3) The EU referendum on June 23rd 2016 be cast as ‘null and void’ on account of false and misleading representation.
1) If a referendum or electoral campaign is run on the basis of promises, statements, inferences or implied actions that then prove to be untrue, misrepresented, misleading or inaccurate, or if the party has no intention or clear plan for carrying out such actions, the result must be considered null and void.
2) Campaigns overseen for accuracy
3) The EU referendum on June 23rd 2016 be cast as ‘null and void’ on account of false and misleading representation.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 27 Jun 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 8 Jul 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
8 Jul 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.