Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many people returned to vote at the recent local elections with the correct form of ID after initially being turned away.

As required by paragraph 34 of part 7 of the Voter Identification Regulations 2022, polling station staff were required to collect data regarding the use of identification. This information will be returned to Government and the Electoral Commission in due course, as set out in the UQ response on the floor of the House on 27 April 2023 (Official Report, HC, Volume 731, Column 919).

The Government will be publishing reports as required by section 59A of the Representation of the People Act 1983.

The Electoral Commission will also report on the elections in the usual way.