Photo ID required if you want to vote in person

[Serial_Apologist]

Maybe they can all go into Rish!'s curry, now he'll have time for more than just sandwiches.

He can stop forever trying to curry favour with voters!

[eighthobstruction]

....voter ID may be needed - the new cabinet members will possibly just look like people you might see in Sainsburys (or such)....we might even get to know them, their names.....the right wing will probably have files on them....

[smittims]

I wonder how much the ID requirement affected the turnout. I live in a marginal seat, where we've had two labour and two conservative MPs in the last 25 years, so I'd have expected a bigger turnout than 61%. Or was it the opinion polls which made people think a labour gain was inevitable, so that they didn't bother voting?

[eighthobstruction]

....Hendon Labour win by 15, Poole Labour win by 18....

[LMcD]

As I was casting my vote, it became apparent that a (possibly married) couple were seemingly unaware of the need for some acceptable form of ID. I think he produced his driving licence and was presumably able to vote, but she had no acceptable form of ID and presumably wasn't.
I would say it was general apathy and discontent, and not the ID issue, that were the main causes of the drop in turnout.

[french frank]

Or was it the opinion polls which made people think a labour gain was inevitable, so that they didn't bother voting?

They didn't stop me voting but they did change the way I voted!

[Dave2002]

They didn't stop me voting but they did change the way I voted!

Interesting. I hope it worked for you.

[french frank]

Interesting. I hope it worked for you.

It did. But I needn't have bothered!

[Nick Armstrong]

As I was casting my vote, it became apparent that a (possibly married) couple were seemingly unaware of the need for some acceptable form of ID. I think he produced his driving licence and was presumably able to vote, but she had no acceptable form of ID and presumably wasn't.
I would say it was general apathy and discontent, and not the ID issue, that were the main causes of the drop in turnout.

Yes anyone who took the trouble to go and vote but hadn’t picked up on the need for ID was just a bit dim. I don’t think the need for ID would have had a particularly perceptible effect on turnout

[vinteuil]

Yes anyone who took the trouble to go and vote but hadn’t picked up on the need for ID was just a bit dim...

... but apparently the dim are entitled to a vote.

(I'm sayin' nuffink... )

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[Pulcinella]

... but apparently the dim are entitled to a vote.

(I'm sayin' nuffink... )

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And some of them even get voted in!

[oddoneout]

... but apparently the dim are entitled to a vote.

(I'm sayin' nuffink... )

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I think saying folk were dim if they got caught out by the ID issue is perhaps a bit harsh. There is a fair amount of inconsistency in what is allowed(particularly for young(er) voters, and it is possible that something that in everyday life is considered suitable for ID purposes, or accessing a service, may not be acceptable for voting purposes.
It's an issue I've seen crop up in banks as well, if a customer is asked for proof of identity, and finds that all the bits of plastic they may have about their person are not suitable.

[Dave2002]

It did. But I needn't have bothered!

I couldn't change even if I'd wanted to - due to the polls - as I'd already sent my vote in. Given the options it worked out just as I hoped.

[french frank]

I couldn't change even if I'd wanted to - due to the polls - as I'd already sent my vote in.

You couldn't have sent your vote in before any of the polls were published. I'm open to voting tactically if I see the need. As is the wisdom on the subject, people vote against as much as they vote for.

[burning dog]

The Lib Dems got 12% of the votes and 11% of the seats. Very unusual result in the FPTP system.