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Written Question
Voting Rights
Wednesday 26th April 2017

Asked by: Alex Salmond (Scottish National Party - Gordon)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to allow people over the age of 16 to vote in elections.

Answered by Chris Skidmore

Since the 2015 general election, Parliament has debated lowering the voting age to 16 a number of times and has repeatedly voted against it.