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

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.