Police are now investigating five electoral fraud allegations relating to the Peterborough by-election in which the Labour Party was victorious.
The overall number of investigations has gone up from two earlier in the week and includes one message shared on social media allegedly showing someone bragging that he and two others had ‘burned more than 1,000 votes for the Brexit Party’.
Lisa Forbes of Labour won by just 683 votes and the local Tories as well as social media have highlighted the involvement in the campaign of Labour activist Tariq Mahmood who was jailed in 2008 for postal vote interference.
Labour has strenuously denied Mr Mahmood was involved with the campaign. A Labour Party Spokesperson said:
“Peterborough council, who organise the count, always announce the results in a public area of the venue. There were hundreds of people there. The Labour Party had 19 official guests who were allowed in to the restricted areas. He was not one of them.
Members of the public can of course support Labour, but this individual did not play any role in Labour’s campaign.”
A Spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Police has said:
“We are looking into five allegations relating to the by-election and whether any offences have been committed. These break down into bribery and corruption x1, postal votes x3 and breach of the privacy of votes x1.”
The electoral fraud hotline can be reached by calling 01733 452277.
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