Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for further voter ID pilots in next year’s local elections; and how lessons learnt from the 2018 pilots will inform decisions regarding any pilots next year.

The Government is committed to making sure that our electoral system is fit for the future. Vulnerabilities cannot be allowed to undermine the integrity of our democracy.

The success of the voter ID pilots in May this year proves that voter ID is a reasonable and proportionate measure.

On 3 November the Government announced that eleven local authorities across England would be takiné part in voter ID pilots for the 2019 local elections:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/next-round-of-voter-id-pilots-announced-for-2019

The pilots will give us a deeper understanding of how voter ID will work on a wider scale and what works best for voters. We are paying close attention to the Electoral Commission's recommendations to help inform the development of voter ID.