Voting Age

Details

Status: Active

Groups: Constitutional Reform

Description

There have been votes in Parliament on reducing the voting age from eighteen to sixteen for local government elections, for elections to the Westminster and European Parliaments and for the referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union.

[Person name] voted for/against a lower voting age

Decisions

Decisions may be read as agreeing with the policy, or being against the policy.

month decision alignment strength decision type uses powers voting cluster participant count
2004-03 Young People and Democracy agree weak Division insufficent_info Medium conflict: Opposition Aye, Government No 396
2005-11 Representation of the People (Reduction of Voting Age) agree strong Division uses_powers Low participation vote 264
2015-09 European Union Referendum Bill — Allowing Those Aged 16 and 17 to Vote in the Referendum agree strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Opposition proposes 568
2015-11 Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill — Clause 20 — Entitlement to Vote in Local Government Elections at 16 agree strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Opposition proposes 471
2015-12 Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill — New Clause 10 — Entitlement to Vote at Local Government Elections agree strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Opposition proposes 486
2015-12 European Union Referendum Bill — Clause 2 — Entitlement to Vote in the Referendum — Those Aged Sixteen and Seventeen against strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Gov proposes 556
2016-07 Electoral Reform (Proportional Representation and Reduction of Voting Age) agree strong Division uses_powers Low participation vote 155
2022-01 Elections Bill — New Clause 1 — Voting From Age 16 in Parliamentary Elections agree strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Opposition proposes 562