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  Elections Bill - Schedule 1 - Voter Identification - Acceptable Forms of Identification
  
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  @ MP voted aye not to add a list of additional documents, including some not carrying a photograph, to those considered to provide the proof of identity required to vote in-person in a United Kingdom Parliamentary election including a driving licence (from anywhere), birth certificate or marriage or civil partnership certificate, adoption certificate, bail record, library card, pre-pay meter card, bank statement etc. 
  
  @ MP voted no to add a list of additional documents, including some not carrying a photograph, to those considered to provide the proof of identity required to vote in-person in a United Kingdom Parliamentary election including a driving licence (from anywhere), birth certificate or marriage or civil partnership certificate, adoption certificate, bail record, library card, pre-pay meter card, bank statement etc. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to add a list of additional documents, including some not carrying a photograph, to those considered to provide the proof of identity required to vote in-person in a United Kingdom Parliamentary election including a driving licence (from anywhere), birth certificate or marriage or civil partnership certificate, adoption certificate, bail record, library card, pre-pay meter card, bank statement etc. 
  
  
  MPs were considering the Elections Bill.[1][2][3]
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 86
  
  Lords amendment 86 stated:[4]
  
  :Page 79, line 44, at end insertâ
  â(1HA) In this rule a âspecified documentâ also means any of the
  following documents (in whatever form issued to the holder)â
  (a) a driving licence;
  (b) a birth certificate;
  (c) a marriage or civil partnership certificate;
  (d) an adoption certificate;
  (e) the record of a decision on bail made in respect of the voter in accordance with section 5(1) of the Bail Act 1976;
  (f) a bank or building society cheque book;
  (g) a mortgage statement dated within 3 months of the date of the poll;
  (h) a bank or building society statement dated within 3 months of the date of the poll;
  (i) a credit card statement dated within 3 months of the date of the poll;
  (j) a council tax demand letter or statement dated within 12 months of the date of the poll;
  (k) a P45 or P60 form dated within 12 months of the date of the poll;
  (l) a standard acknowledgement letter (SAL) issued by the Home Office for asylum seekers;
  (m) a trade union membership card;
  (n) a library card;
  (o) a pre-payment meter card;
  (p) a National Insurance card;
  (q) a workplace ID card;
  (r) a student ID card;
  (s) an 18+ student Oyster photocard;
  (t) a National Rail Railcard;
  (u) a Young Scot National Entitlement Card.â
  
  Explanatory notes to the Lords Amendments[5] stated:
  
  :Lords Amendment 86 is a non-Government amendment that would add an additional list of documents that would be accepted as a form of identification for electors voting at the polling stations, many of which are non-photographic.
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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/publications/44762/documents/1267 Elections Bill as brought from the Commons, 18 January 2022], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/45004/documents/1332 Explanatory notes to the Elections Bill, 31 January 2022], Parliament.uk
  * [4] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0305/210305.pdf Lords Amendments to the Elections Bill, 26 April 2022], Parliament.uk
  * [5] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0305/en/210305en.pdf Explanatory Notes to Lords Amendments to the Elections Bill, 26 April 2022], Parliament.uk
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