‘High Levels’ of Illegal Family Voting in Gorton and Denton By-Election
27th February 2026
Nigel Farage has claimed a report of high levels of illegal family voting in the Gorton and Denton by-election “raises serious questions about the integrity of the democratic process in predominantly Muslim areas”.
On Thursday night an election observer group raised concerns over what it called “concerningly high levels of family voting” in the constituency.
Democracy Volunteers said they attended 22 of the 45 polling stations in the constituency, spending 30 to 45 minutes in each, and witnessed family voting in 15 of the 22 polling stations observed.
The group said they observed a sample of 545 individuals casting their votes and saw 32 cases of family voting in total, including nine cases in one polling station.
Family voting is an illegal practice where two voters either confer, collude or direct each other on voting and can involve husbands telling their wives how to vote.