HC Deb 21 July 2004 vol 424 c346W
Mr. Tony Clarke

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many(a) arrests and (b) convictions for electoral fraud there have been in Northern Ireland in each of the last four years. [184560]

Mr. Pearson

Information is not available on the number of arrests nude for electoral fraud. The most recent courts data available is 2002 and in the four years up to then there have been two convictions recorded for election offences in Northern IrelandIn 2001 there was one conviction for "corrupt practice at local election In 2002 there was one conviction for "personation at a Westminster election