Petition · past parliament
Make knowingly deceiving the electorate a criminal offence.
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
All too often the British public are misled or deceived by politicians. Sometimes this is accidental and on other occasions for political or personal gain. Any politician proven to have knowingly deceived the electorate should be held to dealt with by the judiciary as with any other case of fraud.
The Brexit referendum was found to be littered with falsehoods on both sides, the greatest of which was Boris Johnson's pledge to return £350 million to the NHS, following our departure from the EU.
Despite being warned on multiple occasions by the UK Statistics Authority that the information was incorrect and misleading, the Foreign Secretary and his colleagues continued to propagate this falsehood.
Despite being warned on multiple occasions by the UK Statistics Authority that the information was incorrect and misleading, the Foreign Secretary and his colleagues continued to propagate this falsehood.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 20 Nov 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 24 Nov 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
24 Nov 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.