Boris Johnson ‘pays tribute’ to polling staff who refused to let him vote without ID

Boris Johnson’s voter ID rules have been criticised for making in more difficult for younger people to vote. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Boris Johnson has thanked three villagers who turned him away from a polling station on Thursday for trying to vote without a valid ID.

The former prime minister was told by polling station staff that he would not be allowed to vote in the police and crime commissioner election for South Oxfordshire without proving his identity.