Conservative MPs frame voter ID as necessary to strengthen confidence in the electoral system – despite public confidence in the running of elections being at its highest

Alonso-Curbelo, Ana (2022) Conservative MPs frame voter ID as necessary to strengthen confidence in the electoral system – despite public confidence in the running of elections being at its highest. British Politics and Policy at LSE (12 Apr 2022). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Despite voter identification being justified as necessary to tackle voter fraud when the new Elections Bill was first announced, Ana Alonso-Curbelo finds both Conservative and Labour MPs agree voter fraud numbers are small. Conservatives nevertheless significantly frame voter ID as necessary to strengthen public confidence in the electoral system, which contrasts Electoral Commission’s 2021 data instead finding 90% of the public consider voting to be safe from fraud at the polling station.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2022 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2022 12:57
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2023 14:21
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/116819

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