VOTE LEAVE'S BREACH OF ELECTORAL LAW

Early day motion 2259, tabled 1 April 2019 by Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 12 members.

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.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 7, Scottish National Party 3, Labour 2.