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Lower the voting age to 16

Submitted on Monday 29th July 2019

Rejected on Tuesday 6th August 2019

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Lower the voting age to 16

Petition Details

In recent years the UK has experienced huge political changes, mainly the decision to leave the EU, this will have a huge impact on the younger generations who weren't allowed to vote but still have to live with the consequences of these important decision.

Additional Information

Senior conservative party members such as Ruth Davidson support lowering the voting age to 16. Along with The Labour Party, the SNP, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party all support voting at 16.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

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