In 2017 Local Government Minister Marcus Jones set out plans to strengthen rules to prevent anyone found guilty of serious crimes from serving on local councils. Under the planned changes to criteria, it would ensure those who represent their communities are held to the highest possible standards. Current rules make clear that anyone convicted of an offence carrying a prison sentence of more than 3 months is banned from serving as a local councilor. Under the Representation of the People Act 1981, people are disqualified from becoming a member of the House of Commons if they have been found guilty of an offence and sentenced to more than one year in prison, and are currently detained as a result of that offence. Once they are released from prison, they are not prevented from standing for election as an MP.
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Response rates from 1.4k Shropshire voters.
40% Yes |
60% No |
13% Yes |
57% No |
20% Yes, as long as it was not a felony, violent, financial, or sexual crime |
3% No, and disallow politicians that are under investigation for a crime |
5% Yes, as long as they have finished serving their sentence |
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1% Yes, as long as the crime was not committed while in office |
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Unique answers from Shropshire voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
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Yes, as long as they have completely finished all terms of their sentence and the crime isn't particularly egregrious (e.g. rape)
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yes, but depends on how long they finished serving their sentences and the nature of the crime they did.
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it depends on what crime they are accused of, if it is something major then no but if not then yes, if they have true good intentions.
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The public should not be denied the opportunity to vote for anyone. Let the electorate decide whether they should hold office and don’t stop them from standing
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Depends as the legal system is not perfect at all. The judges are told what to do by government anyway.
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Yes, if a timeline of 20 years has lapsed and it was not a felony, violent, financial o sexual crime
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depends on the crime, if it indicates they could abuse their position then they should be disallowed.
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Agree with all of the above stances, those who served their sentence from a crime they committed while not in office should be allowed to run. However, those who committed serious crimes should not be.
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