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Voting Age

EDM number 746 in 2006-07, proposed by Jo Swinson on 25/01/2007.

That this House believes that the time is right to lower the voting age to 16; recognises that at 16 and 17 people's lives are as rich and varied as at any other age; further recognises that 16 and 17 year olds have considerable responsibilities that routinely involve making complex decisions and that are unrecognised in their current democratic rights; and calls on the UK Government to allow a free vote on giving people over the age of 16 the right to vote as soon as possible.

This motion has been signed by a total of 67 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jo Swinson25/01/2007East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratProposed
Peter Bottomley25/01/2007Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Greg Pope25/01/2007HyndburnLabourSeconded
Stephen Williams25/01/2007Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSeconded
Jennifer Willott25/01/2007Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSeconded
Natascha Engel25/01/2007North East DerbyshireLabourSeconded
Sarah Teather25/01/2007Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
John Barrett25/01/2007Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Steve Webb25/01/2007NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Weir25/01/2007AngusScottish National PartySigned
Danny Alexander25/01/2007Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
Nia Griffith25/01/2007LlanelliLabourSigned
Susan Kramer25/01/2007Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech25/01/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Kerry McCarthy25/01/2007Bristol EastLabourSigned
Jessica Morden25/01/2007Newport EastLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland25/01/2007Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell25/01/2007Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Flynn25/01/2007Newport WestLabourSigned
Janet Dean25/01/2007BurtonLabourSigned
Harry Cohen25/01/2007Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Annette Brooke25/01/2007Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Moore25/01/2007Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew MacKinlay25/01/2007ThurrockLabourSigned
Norman Lamb25/01/2007North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Phyllis Starkey25/01/2007Milton Keynes South WestLabourSigned
Bob Spink25/01/2007Castle PointConservativeSigned
Bob Russell25/01/2007ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones26/01/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Eric Martlew26/01/2007CarlisleLabourSigned
Mike Hancock29/01/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
George Galloway29/01/2007Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Colin Breed29/01/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew29/01/2007StroudLabourSigned
Alan Meale30/01/2007MansfieldLabourSigned
Martin Caton30/01/2007GowerLabourSigned
Andrew George30/01/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Williams30/01/2007CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Angus MacNeil30/01/2007Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Jeremy Corbyn31/01/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
Mark Hunter31/01/2007CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Willie Rennie31/01/2007Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Evan Harris01/02/2007Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable01/02/2007TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Hugh Bayley01/02/2007City of YorkLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty02/02/2007Calder ValleyLabourSigned
David Chaytor02/02/2007Bury NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer02/02/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Betty Williams05/02/2007ConwyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis05/02/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell06/02/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Phil Willis07/02/2007Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams07/02/2007CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Bruce08/02/2007GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Nicholas Clegg19/02/2007Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Younger-Ross19/02/2007TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Katy Clark19/02/2007North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Bill Etherington27/02/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
David Heyes27/02/2007Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
John McDonnell07/03/2007Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster20/03/2007Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Norman Baker28/03/2007LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Rowen18/04/2007RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Julie Morgan23/04/2007Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Christopher Huhne19/06/2007EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Pelling17/07/2007Croydon CentralConservativeSigned
Joan RuddockUnknownWithdrawn

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