Election observer group Democracy Volunteers warned it had witnessed « concerningly high levels » of family voting in the ballot, where Reform came second and Labour a distant third. Asked about the claims on Sky News, Green leader Mr Polanski said: « Nigel Farage is a sore loser and he just lost an election badly.
« I think more to the substantive point though, Manchester City Council who are obviously independent in this, have been really clear that there has been no irregularity.
« Police officers were at every single polling station and there’s no finding that anything untoward happened.
« So actually once again Reform are spreading misinformation and smears, and the press and the media seem to repeat them. »
Pressed that the claims were from Democracy Volunteers, Mr Polanski added: « Who are Democracy Volunteers? I don’t think anyone had heard about Democracy Volunteers until yesterday.
« Manchester City Council have been really clear there is no irregularity happening, so why are we still having this conversation? »
Family voting is an illegal practice which sees people forcing family members to vote in a certain way.
Speaking after the election result, Mr Farage said: « This election was a victory for sectarian voting and cheating.
« Matt Goodwin was a great candidate for us. Roll on the elections on May 7th. It will be goodbye Starmer and goodbye to the Tory party. »
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