Voting Rights

(asked on 21st April 2017) - View Source

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.


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Chris Skidmore Portrait
Chris Skidmore
This question was answered on 26th April 2017

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

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