8. Plaid Cymru Debate: The UK Government's Elections Bill

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:21 pm on 26 January 2022.

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Photo of Rhys ab Owen Rhys ab Owen Plaid Cymru 5:21, 26 January 2022

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Experiments with voter ID just show that it leads to fewer people voting. In the Westminster pilot in 2019, of the 1,000 that were rejected because they didn't have ID, 338 of them—a third of them—didn't return. In another pilot, where it was possible to show photographic ID or two other pieces of specific ID without a picture, 2,000 were rejected. This time 750 didn't return. These aren't my figures or the figures of the Electoral Reform Society or any other group; they are the figures of the very Government that wants to introduce voter ID.