Dear S Rhosier,
 
Our Ref: FOI 265-19
 
Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act dated 06
November 2019, concerning:
 
With reference to:
[1]https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/s...
 
1. Please respond with the same information on a force-by-force basis to
the current date.
 
2. Please provide dates of any prosecutions and convictions on a
force-by-force basis.
 
3. Please advise details of any prosecutions and convictions on a
force-by-force basis, with reference to any involvement of the Countryside
Alliance and/or Vote OK.
 
The Commission aims to respond to requests for information promptly and
within the statutory timeframe of twenty working days.
 
You may expect to receive a reply sent from the Commission by 04 December
2019.
 
Yours sincerely
 
Access to Information Officer (FOI and DPA)
The Electoral Commission
[2][Electoral Commission request email]
[3]electoralcommission.org.uk
 
 
 
 

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Dear S Rhosier,

Our Ref: FOI-265-19

Thank you for your email to the Electoral Commission dated 06/11/2019.

The Commission aims to respond to requests for information promptly and
has done so within the statutory timeframe of twenty working days.

Your request is in bold below followed by our response.

Please can you inform me how many complaints you have received in the last
two years in relation to electoral fraud, corruption and malpractice.

1. Please respond with the same information on a force-by-force basis to
the current date.

2. Please provide dates of any prosecutions and convictions on a
force-by-force basis.

3. Please advise details of any prosecutions and convictions on a
force-by-force basis, with reference to any involvement of the Countryside
Alliance and/or Vote OK.

Your request refers to a previous information request received by the
Commission in April 2016 which asked: “Please can you inform me how many
complaints you have received in the last two years in relation to
electoral fraud, corruption and malpractice.” 

We hold information that is relevant to your request.

1. Please respond with the same information on a force-by-force basis to
the current date.

We have provided the following spreadsheets which contain the information
you have requested:

Police data on allegations of electoral fraud in 2014

Police data on allegations of electoral fraud in 2015

Police data on allegations of electoral fraud in 2016

Police data on allegations of electoral fraud in 2017

Police data on allegations of electoral fraud in 2018 – this information
on our web-site. The link is [1]here.  

2. Please provide dates of any prosecutions and convictions on a
force-by-force basis.

The Electoral Commission does not hold information about the dates of any
prosecutions or convictions. We do include other details of any
prosecutions and convictions we are aware of in our reports on allegations
of election fraud which are published annually. Information we hold on
prosecutions and convictions can also be found in the excel spreadsheets
we have also released.

We have therefore provided the following documents which contain the
information you have requested:

The Electoral Commission report on allegations of election fraud in 2014

The Electoral Commission report on allegations of election fraud in 2015

The Electoral Commission report on allegations of election fraud in 2016

The Electoral Commission report on allegations of election fraud in 2017

The Electoral Commission report on allegations of election fraud in 2018 –
this is a web-based publication. The link is [2]here.

You can also find details of any cases which resulted in a prosecution and
conviction in the spreadsheets released in response to point 1 of your
request.

3. Please advise details of any prosecutions and convictions on a
force-by-force basis, with reference to any involvement of the Countryside
Alliance and/or Vote OK.

We are not aware of any prosecutions or convictions that involve
Countryside Alliance or Vote OK.

I trust that this information satisfies your request.

If you are not satisfied with this response, please note that the
Commission operates a review procedure, details of which can be found on
the Commission website at:
[3]http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/ab...

Please also note that if you have exhausted all internal Commission review
procedures and you are still not satisfied you have the right to appeal to
the Information Commissioner. Details of this procedure can be found on
the ICO website: [4]https://ico.org.uk/

Yours sincerely,

Access to Information Officer (FOI and DPA)

The Electoral Commission

[5][Electoral Commission request email]

[6]electoralcommission.org.uk

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