Police investigating Conservative campaign in Swansea

News reaches me that the police are now investigating allegations of forged signatures on a Conservative candidate’s nomination papers in Swansea.

At issue is the nomination paper collected by Norman Whitlock, one of the four Conservative candidates in Uplands ward. Local Liberal Democrats called for an investigation after several residents said that their were down as signatures on a nomination paper, but had not actually signed it.

The residents then lodged statements with the council, who have now called in the police.

UPDATE: An arrest followed.