In a classic case of 'careful what you wish for', the government's new voter ID laws actually 'kept elderly Conservative voters at home' during the local elections, according to Jacob Rees-Mogg.
The Government has consistently denied rolling out voter ID was an attempt at 'gerrymandering', but was designed to prevent voter fraud.
Approximately 32 million people voted at the 2019 general election, and 164 cases of alleged voter fraud were reported to the electoral commission.Following the local elections on May 4, the electoral commission acknowledged some people had been unable to vote due to a lack of ID.But it remains unclear how many were turned away and whether they were predominantly older or younger voters.
Initial analysis on the impact of voter ID will be published in June ahead of a full report in September. The Prime Minister's spokesman said: 'We've talked at length about the rationale for the introduction of voter ID and the importance of guarding against the possibility of election fraud.' He highlighted the requirement for the electorate in Northern Ireland to have to show photo ID since 2003 and said similar schemes were in place in 'many other European countries'.
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