After two previous elections to get used to it, and lots of communications from both the national government and Swindon Borough Council, it looks like Swindon voters got the message about needing photo ID to cast their vote in person.

There were a total of 89,230 votes, including postal votes, cast in Swindon North and Swindon South constituencies in the general election in July.

And only 64 people who did not turn up with the right form of identification were unable in the end, to cast their vote.

While there were initially 246 voters turned away, 182 returned with the right ID and were able to vote.

A Swindon Borough Council spokesman said: “In total, 99.9 per cent of electors voting in the Swindon North and Swindon South polling stations brought photo ID that met voter ID requirements.

“This is an increase to the local election on 2 May, where 99.8 per cent of voters brought acceptable photo ID.”

At the May 2024 local elections, 71 people were not able to cast their vote in person for the lack of the right ID, and in  May 2023, the first time the new rules were in force, 112 voters who tried to vote in person were turned away and did not return later with the correct ID.