The Contract with Voters

A binding promise — not a brochure

Every party publishes a manifesto. None of them are binding. The promises disappear the day after the election. Build is different.

Every Build candidate signs this contract before standing for election. It is a public commitment to the voters of their constituency — not to a party leader, not to donors, not to the whip.

The contract

I, [Candidate Name], standing as the Build candidate for [Constituency], make the following binding commitments to the voters I seek to represent:

1. 01 Annual confidence vote

   I submit myself to an annual confidence vote held by the registered voters of my constituency. If a majority vote that I should no longer represent them, I will resign my seat and trigger a by-election. No excuses. No appeals. No delay.

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2. 02 Full transparency dashboard

   Every vote I cast in Parliament will be published in real time on the Build Public Dashboard. Every financial interest I hold will be declared and visible. Every expense I claim will be itemised and public. Every meeting I take with lobbyists, donors, or interest groups will be logged. If I can't show it on the Dashboard, I won't do it.

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3. 03 Constituency first

   I will not vote against the expressed interests of my constituency to follow a party line. I represent the people who elected me, not a party machine. Where there is a conflict between party policy and constituency need, constituency need wins. Every time.

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4. 04 Financial integrity

   I will not accept donations from any individual or organisation that creates a conflict of interest with my duties as an MP. All donations will be published on the Dashboard within 24 hours of receipt. I will not hold paid directorships, consultancies, or second jobs while serving as an MP. Being your representative is a full-time job.

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5. 05 Accessible representation

   I will hold a minimum of one constituency surgery per week, with at least one session per month available remotely for constituents who cannot attend in person. I will respond to all constituent correspondence within 14 working days. I will publish a monthly report on the Dashboard summarising the issues raised by constituents and the actions I have taken.

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6. 06 Policy accountability

   I have published my positions on 50 key policy questions at builduk.club/50-questions. These positions form the basis of my mandate. If I change my position on any of these issues, I will publish the reason on the Dashboard and submit the change to my constituents for feedback before acting on it in Parliament.

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7. 07 No hidden interests

   I will publish a full declaration of interests before the election, not after. This includes all property holdings, company directorships, shareholdings over £5,000, family connections to government contractors, and any other interest that could influence my judgement. Voters deserve to know who they are electing before they vote.

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8. 08 Recall and removal

   Beyond the annual confidence vote, I support and will campaign for a simplified recall mechanism allowing constituents to trigger a by-election with a petition of 10% of registered voters, for any reason, at any time. If my constituents want me gone, the barrier should be low, not high.

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Who has signed

No candidate has signed this contract. Build is not a registered party and no candidate is standing, so this list is empty — and it will stay empty until that changes. It will never be filled in with names of people who have not put their signature to it.

The challenge

This contract is published, public, and permanent. It cannot be edited after signing. It cannot be withdrawn. It cannot be quietly forgotten after election day.

We challenge every candidate from every party to publish an equivalent commitment. If your promises aren’t binding, they aren’t promises — they’re marketing.

Silence is an answer too.

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How each clause is checked

A promise nobody can audit is a slogan. Every clause above is written so that somebody outside Build can tell whether it has been kept.

Clause	How you check it
1 · Annual confidence vote	The vote is held, the count is published, and the seat is resigned or it isn’t.
2 · Transparency dashboard	The Dashboard shows the votes, the interests, the expenses and the meetings — or it doesn’t.
3 · Constituency first	Every division is on the record. Compare the vote to what the constituency was told.
4 · Financial integrity	Donations appear on the Dashboard within 24 hours and in the Electoral Commission’s public register. Second jobs appear in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.
5 · Accessible representation	Surgery dates published in advance; monthly constituent report published on the Dashboard.
6 · Policy accountability	The 50 answers are dated and public. A changed position is published with its reason, or the contract is broken.
7 · No hidden interests	The declaration is published before polling day, not after.
8 · Recall and removal	The campaigning is on the record in Hansard, or it never happened.

The same standard is already applied to sitting MPs by the Watchdog, using Parliament’s own published data. A Build candidate would be measured by exactly the tools that page already points at everybody else.

If you think a clause is unenforceable, badly drafted, or a loophole waiting to happen — tell us where. A contract that can’t survive being read closely isn’t worth signing.