Petition · past parliament

Judicial inquiry into the conduct of Vote Leave during the 2016 EU Referendum

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Now that Vote Leave has dropped its appeal to the findings of the Electoral Commission that it unlawfully diverted funds to BeLeave a judicial inquiry should be held. The scope of the inquiry should include the individual conduct of senior politicians including Michael Gove and Boris Johnson.
The background to this matter is set out in the following newspaper article
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/mar/30/gove-johnson-under-fire-vote-leave-fine-appeal-dropped?CMP=fb_gu

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can only accept petitions which call for actions that are the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament. It's the responsibility of the police and Electoral Commission to investigate whether electoral law has been broken, and ultimately for the courts to decide.

There are petitions calling for inquiries into the EU referendum campaign and Brexit, which you might like to sign if they call for something you want to happen:

We demand a Public Inquiry into the process and structures that gave us Brexit.

Halt Brexit For A Public Inquiry

Timeline

5 Apr 2019 Petition opened for signatures
2 May 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 2 May 2019

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