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11 May 2021updated 04 Sep 2021 12:16pm

More than three million UK voters have no form of photo ID

The government is making photo ID mandatory for voting but 11 million people do not have a passport or a driving licence.

Almost 8 per cent of the UK electorate – some 3.5 million people – do not own any form of photo ID, according to Electoral Commission estimates.

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