PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
VOTE LEAVE'S BREACH OF ELECTORAL LAW (31 March 2019)

Motion Details

That this House recognises that Vote Leave committed multiple offences under electoral law regarding campaign spending and funding; acknowledges that Vote Leave was fined a total of £61,000 for multiple offences under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (“PPERA”); notes with concern that Vote Leave has acknowledged that it broke electoral law by dropping its appeal against the Electoral Commission’s ruling; calls on the heads and figureheads of the Vote Leave campaign publicly to apologise for the organisation’s misconduct; calls on Her Majesty’s Government to act; and expresses its desire for a new referendum to be called on the UK’s membership of the EU given the invalidity of the 2016 referendum.

Sponsored by:
Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Liberal Democrat
7
58%
 
 
Scottish National Party
3
25%
 
 
Labour
2
17%
 
Sponsor List (12 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
LD
Tom Brake
SNP
Alan Brown
LD
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland
SNP
Douglas Chapman
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Helen Hayes
Dulwich and West Norwood
SNP
Drew Hendry
LD
Wera Hobhouse
Bath
LD
Christine Jardine
Edinburgh West
LD
Layla Moran (Sponsor)
Oxford West and Abingdon
LD
Jamie Stone
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Lab
Catherine West
Hornsey and Friern Barnet

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