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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-02-24more like thismore than 2023-02-24
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
hansard heading Elections: Proof of Identity remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Committee plans to make an assessment of the implications for the work of the Electoral Commission of the number of voters turned away at polling stations for not having acceptable ID on 4 May 2023. more like this
tabling member constituency Birkenhead more like this
tabling member printed
Mick Whitley more like this
uin 152307 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-02-28more like thismore than 2023-02-28
answer text <p>The Speaker's Committee does not have any plans to make an assessment of the matter referred to.</p><p>However, the Electoral Commission will publish a full report on how the May elections were delivered, including how voters found taking part, and what lessons can be learned for the future.</p><p>As part of this process, the Commission will independently examine evidence about how the new voter ID requirement was implemented. It will collect data from every local authority that held elections, including the number of voters who did not bring an accepted form of ID with them to the polling station and were therefore unable to vote.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Lancaster and Fleetwood more like this
answering member printed Cat Smith more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-02-28T10:35:15.263Zmore like thismore than 2023-02-28T10:35:15.263Z
answering member
4436
label Biography information for Cat Smith more like this
tabling member
4755
label Biography information for Mick Whitley more like this