Rees Mogg thinks election ID rules backfired on the tories, he thinks that more people who would have voted tory were turned away for having no ID, rather than accepting it was a huge rally against their policies. I would have thought that it would more affect younger people who would have been more likely to vote against the tories.
Although Mr Rees-Mogg suggested it had reduced turnout from Conservative voters, some commentators have previously predicted it would suppress the Labour vote by discriminating against marginalised groups more likely to vote for them.
Opposition parties have also claimed it will reduce turnout at elections.
The Electoral Commission, the elections watchdog, is collecting data about the application of the scheme in England and is expected to publish a report into its impact next month.
The tories lost over 1000 seats in the council elections, imagine how many more they could have lost.
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