Police are probing reports of ‘family voting’ in the elections as a whistleblower claimed the illegal practice was rife.
The criminal offence often involves a man going to a polling booth with his wife or relative and telling them how to vote.
A local government source revealed that Manchester City Council had received 50 reports of the practice taking place.
‘These were the ones that polling staff could clearly see,’ they added.
The council said it didn’t recognise the 50 statistic. But a spokesman for its returning officer said ‘preventative and corrective action was taken in a number of cases’.
He added: ‘Details of a
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