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Written question asked by Lord Greaves (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 28 May 2002. It was answered by Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour) on Tuesday, 28 May 2002.


Falconer of Thoroton, Lord

Question
Whether they will comment on the circumstances in which a ballot box from the Temple School polling place for polling district CTC in the Cheetham Ward of Manchester City Council on 2 May took 90 minutes to arrive at the count compared to less than 30 minutes for all the other boxes in that ward; whether the content of this ballot box affected the result of that election; and what action they intend to take to prevent any future such occurrence [HL 4511].

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL 4511; 635 c142WA
Session
2001-02
Subjects
Fraud Elections Local government Manchester City Council Ballot boxes