Petition · past parliament

Legal accountability for referendum or election campaign statements

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

The recent Eu referendum has shown that career politicians, their advisors and campaigners use mistruths, misinformation and heavily skewed framing of facts to deceive the public, with no accountability or consequence. This petition seeks to hold all official campaigns to account for their claims.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We don't know what you mean by accountability. We think you might want a similar action to this petition:

Make it illegal for any UK political figure to knowingly lie or mislead.

Timeline

29 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
14 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 14 Jul 2016

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