Figures show most people had Voter ID

Data released shows almost all electors brought photo ID with them when voting at a polling station in the recent General Election. Some 38,086 people voted at 72 polling stations across the district on 4th July. Figures show just twenty-five people were turned away from a polling station because they did not have valid photo ID, with fifteen returning to vote later in the day with the required documents.

This means just ten people – or 0.03% - who tried to vote at a polling station were not given a ballot paper and could not vote.

Wychavon also did not experience any problems with postal voting. Of the 13,900 postal votes sent out, fewer than ten people requested a replacement ballot paper because they had been lost or not received.

In total 65% of the registered electorate in the Constituency voted in the General Election, compared to 60% nationally.