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Rees-Mogg admits voter ID policy was ‘gerrymandering’

Voters across England were for the first time required to show ID before casting their ballot at May’s local elections.

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2023-05-15 13:55
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Jacob Rees-Mogg has appeared to describe the introduction of voter ID as an attempt at “gerrymandering” that backfired against the Conservatives.

The former cabinet minister said the policy, which saw voters across England required to present photo ID when casting their ballots at May’s local elections, had made it harder for elderly Conservatives to vote and “upset a system that worked perfectly well”.

Speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Westminster on Monday, Mr Rees-Mogg said: “Parties that try and gerrymander end up finding their clever scheme comes back to bite them, as dare I say we found by insisting on voter ID for elections.

“We found the people who didn’t have ID were elderly and they by and large voted Conservative, so we made it hard for our own voters and we upset a system that worked perfectly well.”

"I think I’m the first one to claim that Aquinas is a Brexiter.”@Jacob_Rees_Mogg at his keynote address #NatConUK https://t.co/P8G5JKK68j

— National Conservatism (@NatConTalk) May 15, 2023

His comments, made in reference to reports that the Labour Party is considering plans to allow EU citizens to vote in general elections should they form the next government, appeared to claim that the voter ID policy was intended to give Conservatives an electoral advantage.

This has been a consistent criticism of the policy from the Labour Party as well as groups including trade unions and civil rights groups.

The Government has consistently denied that voter ID was an attempt at “gerrymandering”, but rather is intended to prevent voter fraud and ensure confidence in the UK’s elections.

Don’t want to go over the top, but this is absolutely jaw-dropping. Someone who was in the cabinet when legislation on voter ID was agreed and went through parliament acknowledges it WAS an attempt to gerrymander the elections https://t.co/onD8iPUsJO

— Jon Sopel (@jonsopel) May 15, 2023

Following the elections on May 4, the Electoral Commission acknowledged that 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.

The Electoral Commission has said it will publish an initial analysis on the impact of voter ID in June ahead of a full report in September.

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