Voting Age 16

EDM number 494 in 2014-15, proposed by Naomi Long on 07/11/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Electoral franchise and Equality.

That this House believes that the time is right to lower the voting age to 16; recognises the contribution to society made by 16 and 17 year olds which is currently unrecognised in respect of their democratic rights and that many youth-led organisations have been campaigning for the voting age to be reduced, and that lowering the voting age could play a huge role in helping people engage with the political process, in establishing and embedding good voting behaviour for future, and would make citizenship lessons in school all the more relevant; and therefore calls on the Government to legislate to lower the voting age to 16 for all public elections in the UK.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.