Boris Johnson forgets voter ID in major polling day blunder
Boris Johnson was turned away from voting at his local polling station yesterday after forgetting to bring an acceptable form of photo ID.
Polling station staff told the former prime minister to go away and come back after he initially failed to comply with legislation he introduced while he was in Downing Street.
Mr Johnson, who introduced the Elections Act requiring photo ID in 2022, was attempting to cast his ballot in South Oxfordshire, where a police and crime commissioner for the Thames Valley was being selected, according to Sky News.
He posted on X on Thursday morning: ‘The polls are now open. Vote Conservative today!’
It looks like Boris wasn’t the only MP who forgot his ID as Tom Hunt, MP for Ipswich asked local members to act as his ‘emergency proxy’ after he found that he had no appropriate ID to vote in the local council elections.
In a screenshot of a Whatsapp conversation, published by ITV political correspondent Harry Horton, Mr Hunt is seen asking for help from members following a ‘bit of drama’, adding: ‘Turns out I have no appropriate ID to vote tomorrow’.