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Lower voting age to 16.
Government should introduce a bill to reduce voting age to 16.
Last fetched 09 May 2026 · petition.parliament.uk
Signatures
9
signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 9/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 9/100,000
Background
More and more 16 year olds are becoming invested into politics and political literacy is on the rise.
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