A British police investigation into the conduct of the general election in the London constituency of Bethnal Green and Bow has found no evidence to support allegations from MP George Galloway of widespread fraud.
Police found that although electoral records held by Tower Hamlets Borough Council were "not reliable", there had been "remarkably little" polling fraud in the borough.
Respect MP Mr Galloway claimed in his acceptance speech after winning the seat in May that the election in Bethnal Green and Bow had been "a shambles" and run in a way which would "disgrace a banana republic".
He later told the London Assembly that police had been provided with details of addresses where he feared "very significant prima facie electoral fraud" had taken place.
He said the addresses represented only "the tip of the iceberg" and claimed that Labour had been involved in a campaign to pad the electoral register with non-existent voters.
But an Assembly report into the election revealed that police had no record of any complaints at all from the MP.
PA