Keep the voting age at 18 and stop it being reduced to 16
Act responsible and keep the voting age at 18
Signatures
7
signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 7/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 7/100,000
- 01 AUG 2025Petition rejectedduplicate
You may wish to sign the following petitions, which call for similar action: Don't lower the voting age to 16: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/733604 We call for a referendum before extending voting rights to 16 & 17-year-olds: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/733679
- 20 JUL 2025Petition created
Background
A person at 16 has limited life experience and is a very easy target to be lured into voting irresponsibly.