Submitted on Thursday 17th July 2025
Rejected on Friday 1st August 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Don’t lower the voting age to 16.
Do not proceed with plans to lower the voting age to 16 and keep it at 18.
Many 16-17 year olds lack the maturity to vote in elections. They are also far more prone to radicalisation on social media. Many also lack enough political education to make an informed vote. If any member of the cabinet were to spend some time with a Year 11 class they would understand this.
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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.
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You may wish to sign the following petitions, which call for similar action:
Don't lower the voting age to 16
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/733604
We call for a referendum before extending voting rights to 16 & 17-year-olds
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/733679
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