This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Organise a national enquiry into alleged wide scale abuse of electoral system
Whereas there are allegation against dozens of elected legislators that they have breached the laws governing election spending limits by overspending and/or underdeclaring. These involve mutltiple MPs. MSPs and others. An independent enquiry should be set up
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33 constituencies involved
29 winning Tory MPs implicated
10 police forces investigating
2,408 hotel nights
£182,000 spending uncovered
http://www.channel4.com/news/election-expenses-exposed
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
We're not sure what action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.
With regard to the Conservative Party’s general election expenses the Electoral Commission has already opened an inquiry and has already had recourse to the courts to secure the disclosure of relevant documents. The inquiry is ongoing – see:
http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/journalist/electoral-commission-media-centre/news-releases-donations/electoral-commission-statement-on-application-to-the-high-court-for-the-conservative-and-unionist-party-to-disclose-documents-and-information
There is also another investigation into electoral abuse. On 14 August 2015 the Cabinet Office announced that Sir Eric Pickles, the Government’s Anti-Corruption Champion, was to review electoral fraud and make recommendations on what could be done to tackle it.
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