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Debate between Alec Shelbrooke and Christopher Pincher(9 years, 2 months ago)
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Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell) (Con)
1. What progress is being made on completing the electoral register.
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con)
10. What progress is being made on completing the electoral register.
The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (John Penrose)
Since June 2014, more than 11 million people have applied to register to vote, three quarters of whom used the ultra-convenient online system, which takes less time than boiling an egg. At the general election, there were 400,000 more entries on the register than before, and thanks to individual electoral registration, 96 out of every 100 have been confirmed as genuine. We are now focusing on the remaining four in every 100 and, by December, electoral registration officers will have attempted to contact each of them nine times over 18 months. Any who are genuine voters will be confirmed on the register, and the remaining inaccurate entries—people who have moved away, died or registered fraudulently—will be removed.