When the photograph ID guidelines have been launched, the federal government stated it could cease votes being stolen, though that’s fairly uncommon within the UK.

There have been 1,462 instances of alleged electoral fraud reported to police between 2019 and 2023, based on the Electoral Fee., exterior

Of those, 11 concerned impersonation at polling stations. One resulted in a conviction and one in a warning, and the police took no additional motion within the different 9 instances.

The Electoral Fee has referred to as on the federal government to develop the record of accepted ID and to permit voters to forged their poll with out ID if one other registered voter might vouch for his or her id.