Who are the victims of electoral fraud in Great Britain? Evidence from survey research

Farrall, Stephen, Wilks-Heeg, Stuart ORCID: 0000-0003-2919-0875, Struthers, Robert and Gray, Emily (2022) Who are the victims of electoral fraud in Great Britain? Evidence from survey research British Politics, 17 (3). pp. 333-352. ISSN 1746-918X, 1746-9198

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Abstract

Interest in electoral integrity and the validity and accuracy of election results has come to the fore as a topic of concern both among politicians and academic researchers in the last twenty years. The literature has identified a number of key variables and processes associated with electoral fraud, and lower levels of integrity. However, one deficiency with this research is that it has relied on the perceptions of fraud and malpractice, rather than first-hand data on the extent of such behaviour. In this paper we report on the results of a novel small-scale survey of people in Britain in which respondents reported some of their direct experiences of electoral fraud in recent national elections. The results indicate that the rates of electoral fraud are currently around six to eight per cent, but that this rises for members of some ethnic minority groups. We end by raising another question: if we can identify victims of electoral fraud, how are we to redress this victimisation?

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Electoral fraud, Electoral integrity, Elections, Fraud, Voters
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences > School of Histories, Languages and Cultures
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	09 Jul 2021 07:13
Last Modified:	24 Jan 2026 03:02
DOI:	10.1057/s41293-021-00189-1
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3129329
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