Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting photo ID
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailBoris Johnson fell foul of legislation he introduced himself as prime minister when he was reportedly turned away from a polling station after failing to take photographic identification.Mr Johnson, who quit as PM after three years in 2022, had been trying to cast his vote in the local elections in South Oxfordshire, according to Sky News.But polling station staff had to turn the former Conservative Party leader away because he could not produce any ID, Sky said. Showing a document with a photo identifying the voter has been compulsory since the Elections Act 2022 took effect a year ago.For live coverage of the local elections, and the results, follow our live blog by clicking hereElections are taking place in 107 local authorities across the country, with 2,636 seats up for grabs.A spokesperson for Mr Johnson did not deny he had failed to bring ID, adding he did manage to vote on Thursday.In 2021, the then prime minister and Tory leader said: “What we want to do is protect democracy, the transparency and the integrity of the electoral process. And I don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask first-time voters to produce some evidence of identity.”In 2019, Johnson did not need ID to vote but this time he apparently forgot about his own law More