Enfranchisement Of 16 And 17 Year Olds In Jersey (EDM2198)

Enfranchisement Of 16 And 17 Year Olds In Jersey

EDM number 2198 in 2007-08, proposed by Stephen Williams on 08/10/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Electoral franchise.

That this House notes that elections for the States of Jersey, the island's Parliament, are scheduled for 15th October 2008; further notes that the States passed a law in 2007 reducing the voting age to 16 years; and believes that the franchise in British mainland elections should also be extended to 16 and 17 year olds.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Stephen Williams	08/10/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Jo Swinson	08/10/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Tom Brake	08/10/2008	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew George	09/10/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lynne Jones	09/10/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Nick Harvey	09/10/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Stunell	09/10/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	13/10/2008	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	13/10/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	13/10/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	13/10/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	14/10/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/10/2008	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	15/10/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mark Durkan	15/10/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John Battle	16/10/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
John Leech	16/10/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	16/10/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	20/10/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	20/10/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	21/10/2008	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	22/10/2008	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	22/10/2008	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	27/10/2008	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	03/11/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Reed	06/11/2008	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	06/11/2008	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	13/11/2008	Hastings and Rye	Labour	Signed

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