Linked Data API

Show Search Form

Search Results

45360
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-03-26more like thismore than 2014-03-26
answering body
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission more like this
answering dept id 36 more like this
answering dept short name Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission more like this
answering dept sort name Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, columns 622-3W, on the Electoral Register: fraud, what comparative assessment he has made of the level of concern about electoral fraud in the UK and other EU countries. more like this
tabling member constituency Vale of Clwyd more like this
tabling member printed
Chris Ruane more like this
uin 193833 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-04-03more like thismore than 2014-04-03
answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it regularly monitors comparative international research on electoral matters. Comparing the UK with other countries around the world, Gallup polls place the UK in the top third of countries in terms of confidence in the honesty of the electoral process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The most recently available Gallup data from 2007-08, showed that 40% of UK respondents said they did not have confidence in the honesty of elections in the UK. This was slightly lower than the findings from Germany (44%) and Italy (43%), but significantly higher than those from Denmark (5%), Finland (8%) and Sweden (8%).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Full findings are at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/111691/Worldwide-Views-Diverge-About-Honesty-Elections.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.gallup.com/poll/111691/Worldwide-Views-Diverge-About-Honesty-Elections.aspx</a></p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency South West Devon more like this
answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-04-03T12:00:00.00Zmore like thisremove minimum value filter
answering member
234
label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter more like this
tabling member
534
label Biography information for Chris Ruane more like this