‘Today we have seen concerningly high levels of family voting in Gorton and Denton. Based on our assessment of today’s observations, we have seen the highest levels of family voting at any election in our 10 year history of observing elections in the UK.’ (Dr. John Ault)

Democracy Volunteers deployed four accredited election observers across the Gorton and Denton Westminster Parliamentary By-election today.  The team attended 22 of the 45 polling stations in the constituency, spending between 30 and 45 minutes in each.

The observer team saw family voting in 15 of the 22 polling stations observed, some 32 cases in total, nine cases in one polling station alone. The team observed a sample of 545 voters casting their vote – meaning 12% of those voters observed either caused or were affected by family voting.