Jury Team Candidate Agreement
Confirmation of my adherence to the principles of the Jury Team
1.
I agree not to support any policies discriminating on the basis of race,
colour, gender, sexual orientation, disability or religious or other
belief.
2.
I shall support all of the Proposals set out in the
3. I
agree that if I reach the short-list for my Constituency then it
will be necessary for me to be able to prove my credentials and to demonstrate
my eligibility for election. I accept that to do so may require that I
present to representatives of the
4.
I confirm that I shall use my savings or other resources to pay
to the
5. I
acknowledge that the
a.
I shall undertake all of the necessary formalities to be properly accepted as a
Member of the Westminster Parliament, including swearing the Oath of
Allegiance, within three months of being elected or shall forthwith
resign my seat in Parliament
b.
If the
6. I
confirm that:
a. I
am 21 years old or over and am a British citizen or a
citizen of another Commonwealth country or of the
b. I
am not a civil servant, a member of a police force, a member of the
armed forces, a government nominated director of a commercial company, a judge
or a member of the legislature of any country or territory outside the
Commonwealth
c. I
am not a peer who sits in the House of Lords by virtue of section
2 of the House of Lords Act 1999, i.e. who can vote in the House of Lords, or a
bishop who is entitled to sit and vote in the House of Lords
d. I
am not the subject of a bankruptcy restriction order in England or
Wales, have not been adjudged bankrupt in Northern Ireland and have
not had my estate sequestered in Scotland
e. I
am not a convicted prisoner who is serving a prison sentence of more
than 12 months (disqualification under Representation of the People Act 1981)
and am not a person convicted of treason still undertaking my sentence
g. I have never been found guilty of
corrupt or illegal practices in elections
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