Rejected petition Limited Companies to be banned from fielding candidates in political elections

there seems to be a trend of parties fielding candidates that seem to exepmt from funding and campaigning legislation. Only political parties or independent candidates should be able to stand in political elections in UK

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limited companies, companies or non political parties should be banned from fielding multiple candidates in UK political elections

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Registration of political parties is a matter for the Electoral Commission, which is independent of both the Government and Parliament.

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Date submitted 9 September 2019
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