I am going off personal experience. I have stood in three seaside resorts and have come across situations—including in the 2010 election—in which voters have died six months prior to their votes being cast.
Listing fictitious residents has led to an unknown number of people—
Individual Voter Registration
Proceeding contribution from
David Morris
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 16 January 2012.
It occurred during Opposition day on Individual Voter Registration.
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Reference
538 c520 
Session
2010-12
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2023-12-15 14:52:28 +0000
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