Voter ID statistics from the May 2023 local elections
These Voter ID statistics were gathered from polling stations at the local elections held on Thursday, 4 May 2023 in the borough of Rochdale.
Total number of electors who were eligible to vote in person at the polling stations: 119,717
Data for publication
- The total number of polling station electors who applied for, but at least initially were not issued with, a ballot paper: 252
- The total number of polling station electors who were not issued with a ballot paper and who later returned with an accepted ID and were issued with a ballot paper: 156
- The number of polling station electors who applied for but were not issued with a ballot paper by close of poll: 96
Contextual information
- The total number of electors who were eligible to vote in person at the polling stations: 119,717
- The total number of voters issued with a ballot paper at polling stations: 23,635
- The percentage of electors eligible to vote in person at the polling stations who voted: 19.7 per cent
Proportions of those who tried to vote in a polling station
- The percentage of those who attended the polling station and were able to vote on Thursday, 4 May 2023: 99.6 per cent
- The percentage who applied for, but were refused, a ballot paper by the close of poll: 0.4 per cent
- The percentage of electors who applied for, but who were initially refused, a ballot paper: 1.1 per cent
- Of the electors initially refused a ballot paper, the percentage who later returned with an accepted photo ID and were issued with a ballot paper: 61.9 per cent