Tories held in voting fraud police probe
TWO senior members of Tory Constitution minister Chloe Smith’s local party were arrested in a probe into electoral fraud.
Police held two men on Thursday amid claims that documents were submitted with forged signatures ahead of this month’s local elections in Norwich.
The men were named as Daniel Elmer and Alex Jackson-Dennis, the two vice-chairs of Norwich Conservative Association.
That is the local party of Ms Smith, who is responsible for electoral reform.
Mr Elmer, 28, was released with no further action to be taken, but Mr Jackson-Dennis, 21, is still under investigation.
There is no suggestion election candidate Iain Gwynne or Ms Smith were aware of the alleged fraud.