Committees

Voter ID

Inquiry

Photographic voter ID was used for the first time in England in the May 2023 local elections. The Committee is conducting a short inquiry into the impact of the introduction of voter ID and lessons to be learned ahead of the next local elections in May 2024 and the forthcoming general election.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Correspondence

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Letter from Baroness Drake, Chair of the Constitution Committee, to Simon Hoare MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Local Government) at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, on the findings of the Committee's inquiry into the introduction of voter ID (19 December 2023)
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Letter from Simon Hoare MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Local Government), to Baroness Drake, Chair of the Constitution Committee, following up on his evidence session with the Committee on voter ID on 6 December 2023 (14 December 2023)
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Correspondence
Letter from Craig Westwood, Director of Communications, Policy and Research at the Electoral Commission, to Baroness Drake, Chair of the Constitution Committee, following up on data relating to the gender breakdown of ID ownership for the Committee's inquiry into voter ID (28 November 2023)
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Oral evidence transcripts

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6 December 2023
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Witnesses Simon Hoare (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Local Government) at Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities), and Becca Crosier (Deputy Director for Elections at Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
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Oral Evidence
22 November 2023
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Witnesses Gideon Skinner (Head of Politics Research in Public Affairs at Ipsos UK), and Dr Glenn Gottfried (Associate Director in Public Affairs at Ipsos UK)
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Oral Evidence
15 November 2023
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Witnesses Graham Farrant (Chief Executive at BCP (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) Council), Cleland Sneddon (Chief Executive at South Lanarkshire Council), and Martha Matheou (Head of Electoral Services at London Borough of Sutton)
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Ipsos UK (VID0010)
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Dr Kit Colliver (Research Associate at University of York), and Dr Ash Stokoe (Teaching Fellow at University of Birmingham) (VID0009)
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Professor Alistair Clark (Professor of Political Science at Newcastle University) (VID0004)
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Contact us

  • Email: constitution@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 3871 (committee staff) | 020 7219 8286 (Press Officer)
  • Address: Constitution Committee, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW