Liberal Democrats launch 'Clean Campaign Pledge'

12.00.00am GMT Fri 8th Jan 2010

With the General Election due within 6 months Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidates in Northamptonshire have launched a 'Clean Campaign Pledge' and challenged their opponents to sign up in a bid to set clear standards for the coming election.

Scott Collins, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for South Northamptonshire , said "With all that's happened in politics over the last 12 months with the expenses scandal and a myriad of other events have left the public's view of politics and politicians at an all time low.

Lib Dems across Northamptonshire calling on all candidates to suign the Clean Campaign Pledge

"By organising this pledge it is our hope that we, all the candidates, can help try and restore some of the respect and trust lost over this period by agreeing to run a clean campaign sticking to key principals as listed in the pledge"

"For all of us to agree that any statements we make about our opponents will be referenced with evidence to support them. Also we will publish details of our major donors and make clear how our campaign is funded."

Commenting further "All of this is common sense but it shows that we want to have clean politics and not have the election clouded in untruths or misinformation"

The Clean Campaign Pledge makes the following commitments:

· We will never lie to the electorate

· We will not make statements about our opponents without evidence to support them

· We will provide references for these statements on our web sites

· We will be honest about our past records, good and bad, and we will be open about the policies we would support as MP's.

· We will publish details of major donors to our campaigns

· We will never let electioneering stop us fighting for our constituents

In conclusion Scott said "This pledge will be made available on the local party and candidate websites, along with the evidence supporting statements we make. Every single member of the public should have access to the sources of the information that politicians want them to believe."

"With every Liberal Democrat candidate in Northamptonshire signing this pledge it is a real statement of our intent over the coming months to have a clean election campaign"

A copy of the Clean Campaign Pledge is available in the left hand menu.

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Liberal Democrats launch 'Clean Campaign Pledge'.