HC Deb 05 July 1999 vol 334 cc336-7W
Mr. Stringer

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the level of personation in(a) the 1999 European elections, (b) the 1997 general election and (c) the 1999 local elections. [89442]

Mr. George Howarth

No arrests have been made for personation at either the 1999 European Parliamentary elections or at the local elections held in May 1999. We know of only two proven cases at the 1997 General Election, one of which resulted in prosecution and a substantial fine.