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  Elections Bill - Clause 1 - Voter Identification
  
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  @ MP voted aye not to require voters in UK Parliamentary elections to produce photo-identification when voting at polling stations.
  
  @ MP voted not to require voters in UK Parliamentary elections to produce photo-identification when voting at polling stations.
  
  The majority of MPs voted to require voters in United Kingdom Parliamentary elections to produce photo-identification when voting at polling stations.
  
  MPs were considering the Elections Bill.[1][2][3]
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 1, page 1, line 4, leave out clause 1.
  
  
  The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following statement from its proposer:
  
  :This amendment would remove the Voter ID provisions.
  
  Had it not been rejected the amendment would have removed clause 1 of the Bill which provided for a requirement for voters in United Kingdom Parliamentary elections to produce photo-identification when voting at polling stations.
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3020 Parliament's webpage on the Elections Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3020/publications Elections Bill as amended in Committee, 27 October 2021], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0138/en/210138en.pdf Explanatory notes to the Elections Bill, 5 July 2021], Parliament.uk
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