MPs have backed legislation to introduce voter ID.
Voters will need to show an approved form of photographic identification before they can collect their ballot paper to vote in a polling station, according to measures in the Elections Bill.
The measures will apply across the UK in general elections and councils will make a free voter card available for those without a suitable form of ID.
Labour have said voter ID could prevent people from voting.
Labour MP Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) said: “I am worried about voter suppression.
“And at stake is the very integrity of our elections.”
He said voter ID “is an old, cynical trick. Insert an administrative hurdle”.
“Dress it up as improving security. Watch voter turnout go down. Job done. The fix is in.”
Conservative former minister Steve Baker hit back however and said: “The idea that impersonation isn’t a problem certainly does not accord with my experience in Wycombe.”
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