This year’s elections were the first in the UK where voters needed to produce proof of their identity
Around one in seven Leeds voters turned away for not having valid ID at this year’s local elections were from the Gipton and Harehills area.
Speaking at a scrutiny committee, Coun Debra Coupar said: “One person refused their democratic right to vote is too many for me. High numbers of rejections were also recorded in the two wards covering Leeds city centre – Hunslet and Riverside and Little London and Woodhouse.
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