Petition

Election Manifestos of political parties must become legally binding contracts

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

The parties publicly declare their policies that they promise to deliver if elected into office; this is the Election Manifesto. There is no legal mechanism in place besides general/local elections to hold parties to account. Election manifestos should be made into legally binding contracts.
If an elected government, local council, elected mayor, or assembly breaks the contract they've delivered to the electorate. The party in question should be taken to the British courts; if found guilty, the punishment should be a fine, and the payment would be from the party's own funding and not from the taxpayer to deter UK parties from purposefully deceiving the electorate.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Make breaking a manifesto against the law and trigger a General Election
Make breaking a manifesto against the law and trigger a General Election

Timeline

15 Mar 2025 Petition opened for signatures
9 Apr 2025 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20
Status Rejected
Rejected 9 Apr 2025

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 7 Aug 2026.