Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Voter ID - July 13
Wednesday, 14 July 2021 08:22
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East) (SNP):...We did hear stuff about Tower
Hamlets, and I do not doubt for a second that a lot of shenanigans
went on, but the criminals should be arrested under the existing
law. We refer to Tower Hamlets, but let me remind hon. Members of
Dame Shirley Porter, Westminster Council and the homes for votes
scandal, which the district auditor described as “gerrymandering”.
At the end of the day, after many court cases and trials and a huge
amount of money, the verdict...Request free trial
(Dundee East) (SNP):...We did hear stuff about
Tower Hamlets, and I do not doubt for a second that a lot of
shenanigans went on, but the criminals should be arrested under the
existing law. We refer to Tower Hamlets, but let me remind hon.
Members of Dame Shirley Porter, Westminster Council and the homes for
votes scandal, which the district auditor described as
“gerrymandering”. At the end of the day, after many court cases and
trials and a huge amount of money, the verdict was upheld by the
House of Lords and she was asked to repay £42 million. If the
public are concerned that somebody is at it, we have evidence of
Tory gerrymandering designed precisely to win a handful of marginal
wards in one local authority...
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