§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for electoral fraud in each year since 1994. [165100]
§ Paul GogginsThe information collected centrally by the Home Office is limited to various fraud-related offences under the Representation of the People Act 1983 and is shown in the table. Similar offences, under other fraud and forgery provisions, cannot be separately identified.
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Persons1 proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts of various fraud related offences under the Representation of the People Act 1983, England and Wales 1994 to 2002 Tampering with nomination and ballot papers etc., making false declarations as to election expenses, bribery, treating, undue influence and personation offences Persons proceeded against Persons found guilty 1994 1 2 1995 12 14 1996 — — 1997 9 5
Persons1 proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts of various fraud related offences under the Representation of the People Act 1983, England and Wales 1994 to 2002 Tampering with nomination and ballot papers etc., making false declarations as to election expenses, bribery, treating, undue influence and personation offences Persons proceeded against Persons found guilty 1998 7 6 1999 3 5 20002 2 1 2001 16 10 2002 1 1 1 These data are on the principal offence basis. 2Excluding any cases in Staffordshire. Statistics for 2003 will be published in the autumn.