Select committee: Constitution Committee

Voter ID

Closed Opened 18 Oct 2023 Closed 7 Feb 2024

Constitution Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗

Inquiry scope (the committee's words)

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.

Where it stands

The inquiry is closed, opened 18 October 2023.

The committee has not published a report yet.

Evidence

4 oral evidence sessionsLatest 6 December 2023
10 witnesses

All evidence

Recent activity

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions

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Date	Session and witnesses	Source
6 Dec 2023	Oral evidence session Becca Crosier · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Simon Hoare MP · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities	View ↗
22 Nov 2023	Oral evidence session Dr Glenn Gottfried · Ipsos UK, Gideon Skinner · Ipsos UK	View ↗
15 Nov 2023	Oral evidence session Cleland Sneddon · South Lanarkshire Council, Graham Farrant · BCP (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) Council, Martha Matheou · London Borough of Sutton	View ↗
8 Nov 2023	Oral evidence session Craig Westwood · Electoral Commission, Peter Stanyon · Association of Electoral Administrators, Tom Hawthorn · Electoral Commission	View ↗

Who gave evidence

10 witnesses

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Witness	Organisation	Sessions
Becca Crosier · Deputy Director, Elections	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities	1
Cleland Sneddon · Chief Executive	South Lanarkshire Council	1
Craig Westwood · Director of Communications	Electoral Commission	1
Dr Glenn Gottfried · Associate Director in Public Affairs	Ipsos UK	1
Gideon Skinner · Head of Politics Research in Public Affairs	Ipsos UK	1
Graham Farrant · Chief Executive	BCP (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) Council	1
Martha Matheou · Head of Electoral Services	London Borough of Sutton	1
Peter Stanyon · Chief Executive	Association of Electoral Administrators	1
Simon Hoare MP · Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities	1
Tom Hawthorn · Director of Policy and Research	Electoral Commission	1

Correspondence

4 letters

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Published	Direction	Letter
19 Dec 2023	To committee	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)
14 Dec 2023	To committee	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)
1 Dec 2023	To committee	Letter from Simon Hoare MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Local Government) at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, to Baroness Drake, Chair of the Constitution Committee, on implementation of voter identification: progress on evaluation (30 November 2023)
1 Dec 2023	To committee	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)