Reducing The Voting Age To 16 (EDM1139)

Reducing The Voting Age To 16

EDM number 1139 in 2003-04, proposed by Valerie Davey on 06/05/2004.

That this House rejects the recommendation in the Electoral Commission's Report against lowering the voting age to 16; welcomes the work of the Votes at 16 campaign; believes that young people under 18 who are deemed by law to be old enough to pay income tax, marry, enrol in the armed forces and make choices about education, training or employment should have the right to vote; recognises that many 16 to 18 year olds make a valuable contribution to society; and wants to encourage their active citizenship by extending to them the franchise.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Valerie Davey	06/05/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Proposed
Julie Morgan	06/05/2004	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	06/05/2004	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Judy Mallaber	06/05/2004	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	06/05/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	06/05/2004	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	06/05/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	06/05/2004	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	10/05/2004	Glasgow, Shettleston	Labour	Signed
David Drew	10/05/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew George	10/05/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	10/05/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	10/05/2004	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Huw Edwards	11/05/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	11/05/2004	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	11/05/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Holmes	11/05/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alex Salmond	11/05/2004	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Angus Robertson	11/05/2004	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Lepper	11/05/2004	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jane Griffiths	12/05/2004	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	12/05/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	12/05/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Annette Brooke	12/05/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	12/05/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Marsden	12/05/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	12/05/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Sawford	12/05/2004	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	12/05/2004	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	13/05/2004	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Chris Bryant	13/05/2004	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	13/05/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	13/05/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
John Battle	13/05/2004	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	17/05/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	17/05/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	17/05/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	16/09/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed

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