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Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried to vote in local elections using a magazine as identification.
Johnson praised three village employees who refused entry to the polling place Thursday because they did not arrive with valid identification.
The former prime minister then returned with a valid ID and voted, according to reports.
The requirement to provide photo ID was introduced by Mr Johnson during his Downing Street tenure as part of the 2022 Elections Act.
I’m writing for daily mailJohnson said he tried to use a copy of. Outlook A request for a magazine as identification was refused by the authorities.
Mr. Johnson writes: “I would like to pay special tribute to the three villagers who rightly turned me away when I showed up at the polling station on Thursday with no identification other than my photocopy sleeve.” Outlook The magazine that had my name and address on it.
“I showed it to them and they looked very suspicious… Within minutes I was back with my driving license and voted Conservative.”
Ipswich MP Tom Hunt was also forced to arrange an emergency proxy vote because he did not have proper identification to vote in the local election.
He wrote to X: “I understand your interest in emergency proxy voting today. I tend to have trouble losing things. I also have very limited mobility.
“I don’t want to blame everything on this, but it makes things difficult for me, so I’m trying my best, but sometimes I lose things. Today it was my passport.”
Thursday’s election marked the first time many voters in England and Wales have been asked to show ID to vote under rules first introduced in last year’s local elections.
Acceptable forms of ID include passports, driving licences, Standard Scheme of Age (Pass) cards, Blue Badges and some discount travel cards.
Since the results were announced, Mr Johnson has praised the success of his allies, including Ben Houchen. As the campaign drew to a close, the former prime minister endorsed a number of mayoral candidates across the UK, telling voters to “forget about Westminster”.
Ben Houchen retained his seat, but the Conservatives suffered widespread losses across the country, with Labor winning key parliamentary targets in Hartlepool, Thurrock, Rushmoor and Redditch.
Won a landslide victory over the Conservative Party in the Blackpool South Parliament by-election by a margin of 26%.
Opposition parties also claimed victory in the first-ever mayoral elections of York and North Yorkshire, areas where Mr Sunak’s own Richmond constituency is located.