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Voting Age And 16-Year-olds

EDM number 1472 in 2008-09, proposed by Jo Swinson on 12/05/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Electoral franchise.

That this House commemorates the 40th anniversary on 12 May 2009 of the lowering of the voting age from 21 to 18 years; notes that in the eyes of the law young people aged 16 years can take on full-time jobs, pay taxes and become sexually active; further notes that a recent report by the Electoral Reform Society shows that polling of 16 and 17 year-olds consistently shows that a majority want the voting age lowered to 16 years; and urges the Government to lower the voting age to 16 years to ensure young people's rights reflect their responsibilities.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jo Swinson12/05/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratProposed
Andrew George12/05/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Spink12/05/2009Castle PointIndependentSeconded
Mark Durkan12/05/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Peter Bottomley12/05/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn13/05/2009Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Phil Willis13/05/2009Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Lee Scott13/05/2009Ilford NorthConservativeSigned
Rudi Vis13/05/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
David Drew13/05/2009StroudLabourSigned
Martin Caton13/05/2009GowerLabourSigned
Ian McCartney13/05/2009MakerfieldLabourSigned
Lynne Jones13/05/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders13/05/2009TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell14/05/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Janet Dean14/05/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Norman Baker14/05/2009LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming14/05/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams14/05/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Devine14/05/2009LivingstonLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell18/05/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer18/05/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
George Galloway18/05/2009Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Simon Hughes19/05/2009North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock19/05/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes20/05/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech20/05/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Riordan20/05/2009HalifaxLabourSigned
John Mason21/05/2009Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Nick Harvey01/06/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington01/06/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Mark Williams01/06/2009CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew MacKinlay02/06/2009ThurrockLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty04/06/2009Calder ValleyLabourSigned
David Lepper09/06/2009Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell10/06/2009Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Malcolm Bruce10/06/2009GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Anderson10/06/2009Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Alan Simpson11/06/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Robert Smith17/06/2009West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Horwood07/07/2009CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins13/10/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael13/10/2009Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Jabez FosterUnknownWithdrawn

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