In a nutshell, Ms Simmons alleges that what Mr Eshaq Khan and his electoral team did is as follows. During a period of some six weeks prior to the election of 3rd May 2007, they caused hundreds of false names to be entered on the electoral register for Central Ward. Applications for postal votes were made using those false names and the postal votes thus acquired were used to vote for Mr Eshaq Khan. As a result, it is said, Mr Eshaq Khan was elected as councillor by a majority of some 120 votes, proving a surprise result at an election where otherwise Labour performed better than the Conservatives in Slough.

This is again, therefore, a case where it is claimed that the introduction of postal votes on demand has made wholesale electoral fraud both easy and profitable.