Overview
- Cardiff Council said a contracted print run failed, so 1,388 postal packs for two Cardiff constituencies were never produced or delivered.
- The authority said almost 47,000 postal packs were issued overall and more than 26,500 had already been returned.
- Royal Mail said it received none of the missing packs and delivered all ballot mail it was given.
- Replacement packs went straight to the council, which hand-delivered most to homes and sent some by priority mail.
- People already away from home could not appoint an emergency proxy under the rules, and opposition parties warned the lapse could affect close results and demanded answers.