Submitted on Friday 18th July 2025
Rejected on Friday 1st August 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Reducing the voting age in England must be approved by a binding referendum.
Hold a referendum to openly record and evidence the proportion of English voting public who are either FOR or AGAINST the lowering of voting age below 18 years.
Ensure that the age of voting in England cannot be lowered unless it gains the majority approval of the existing English electorate.
As the parent of a 15 year old, I recognise that although my child is intelligent, broad minded and reasonable, they are not equipped with the necessary life experience to understand the complexity and gravity of electing national leaders. Whilst many agents are capable of influencing voters of any age; 16 & 17 year olds are especially vulnerable to coercion and manipulation by agents both domestic and global who seek to undermine the democratic process for personal or political gain.
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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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