Petition · past parliament · Cabinet Office

Make failure to deliver on campaign promises a criminal offence

Closed 39 signatures

What the petition asks

Make campaign promises legally binding, so MPs that fail to deliver on local promises and party leaders that fail to deliver on national promises face criminal charges.
At the moment people who are elected as MPs are not legally accountable for the promises they make during an election campaign. This means that the person that tells the prettiest and best lies can be elected, and then when they fail to deliver, we are told we can vote them out. If they face criminal charges, elections will then be a matter of simply choosing the promises that you want to see, and you can have confidence they will be fulfilled, or the people elected will face prosecution.

Timeline

3 Aug 2023 Petition opened for signatures
3 Feb 2024 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 39
Status Closed
Department Cabinet Office
Opened 3 Aug 2023
Closed 3 Feb 2024

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