The police also asked all polling stations in Gorton and Denton for CCTV. 41 said it wasn't active because of guidance on voting secrecy

CCTV from 3 polling stations that Democracy Volunteers visited was viewed but does "not show any evidence of anyone directing or coercing another on how to vote"

March 27, 2026 - 16:05 UTC

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'Family Voting' is an insidious term picked up by the far right/Reform for racist purposes. It refers to anyone unnecessarily being accompanied into a voting booth, not just family. Democracy Volunteers need to use a different term #DemocracyVolunteers
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Here's GMP's full statement detailing its process, which goes into a highly unusual amount of detail for police decisions of this kind

I suspect the force has done that because they fear, or know, they will receive political criticism and want the facts out there www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2026/march/criminal-investigation-concludes-into-family-voting-allegations/
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There must be some other reason Reform lost .
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UK College of Policing should really develop a more robust test to avoid political parties forcing police to waste time investigate spurious allegations.

It was patently obvious this was all nonsense right from the beginning.

Whatever happened to fines for wasting police resources?
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And there it is
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Any chance Democracy Volunteers will be held to account for this?

Dominated the media narrative between polls closing and declaration of result.

Then provided innuendo for right wing press and Labour MPs ever since.
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Shouldn't Democracy Volunteers be charged with wasting police time?
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Are we to have this every time they lose?
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What a waste of money created by Reform I thought their war cry was to say the people money not generate costs.
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Is anyone actually investigating Democracy Volunteers, anonymous before the election and after it. Links to Reform?
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A very thorough investigation by GMP. Would be interesting to know how much it cost and how much time it wasted, sorry, took.
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