Petition · past parliament

Create a statutory body for the regulation of political advertising

Closed 101 signatures

What the petition asks

Recent years have seen a rise in concerns about false & misleading advertising by political parties & campaign groups. At present non-broadcast political advertising is largely unregulated and not subject to official scrutiny.
We wish parliament to establish an independent regulator to police this advertising.

We believe that establishing an independent statutory regulator to police political advertising would raise standards by preventing false and misleading political advertising by political parties and campaign groups in the future thereby increasing public confidence in our democracy.

Timeline

11 Mar 2020 Petition opened for signatures
11 Sep 2020 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 101
Status Closed
Opened 11 Mar 2020
Closed 11 Sep 2020

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