Using some common sense i would suspect that "that id card" was a reference to the national ID scheme and not the current topic of showing a form of ID to vote (even including existing ID we have) - two separate and different instances-, so its pretty irrelevant whoever the politician was.
For those who do not already have an acceptable form of photo ID, The Electoral Commission have suggested a free of charge locally issued photo ID based on the existing scheme in Northern Ireland.
The Commission estimated 92% of the electorate already have one form of the photo ID it was...