Voter identification (ID) was used for the first time at council elections held on 4 May 2023.
By law, anyone eligible to vote (an 'elector') has to show an approved type of photo ID or a 'Voter Authority Certificate' if they wished to vote at a polling station.
For full information on voter ID, go to GOV.UK: how to vote – photo ID you'll need.
Council elections, 4 May 2023
The tables below give a summary of information we can publish about voter ID at council elections on 4 May 2023.
Elector information |
Total |
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Electors eligible to vote in person at polling stations |
88,864 |
Electors who attended a polling station |
18,054 |
Electors who requested a ballot paper at a polling station but were initially refused because they did not have voter ID |
139 |
Electors who were initially refused a ballot paper at a polling station because they did not have voter ID, but who later returned with voter ID and were issued with a ballot paper |
88 |
Electors who requested a ballot paper at a polling station but were refused because they did not have voter ID, and who had not been issued with a ballot paper by the time the poll closed |
51 |
Electors issued with a ballot paper at polling stations |
18,003 |
This information is shown in percentages below.
Elector information |
Percentage |
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Electors who attended the polling station, as a proportion of the total eligible to vote (18,054 out of 88,864) |
20.3% |
Electors who attended the polling station and were issued with a ballot paper (18,003 out of 18,054) |
99.7% |
Electors who requested a ballot paper at a polling station but were initially refused because they did not have voter ID (139 out of 18,054) |
0.8% |
Electors who requested a ballot paper at a polling station but were refused because they did not have voter ID, and who had not been issued with a ballot paper by the time the poll closed (51 out of 18,054) |
0.3% |
Of the electors who were initially refused a ballot paper at a polling station because they did not have voter ID, those who later returned with voter ID and were issued with a ballot paper (88 out of 139) |
63.3% |