Voting Age (EDM493)

Voting Age

EDM number 493 in 2007-08, proposed by Julie Morgan on 05/12/2007.
Categorised under the topic of Electoral franchise.

That this House welcome the Government's plans to consider the arguments for lowering the voting age to 16, as stated in the Governance of Britain Green Paper; notes that 16 and 17 year olds have been calling for the right to vote for many years through the Votes at 16 coalition; notes that 16 is the age at which young people start to make real decisions about their lives, and many significant rights come into play; recognises that lowering the voting age could play a huge role in helping young people feel more connected with political processes and is the next logical extension for citizenship education; and therefore supports the Voting Age (Reduction) Bill introduced into this House; and calls on the Government to establish without delay the Youth Citizenship Commission with a clear remit to develop the necessary framework for reducing the voting age to 16.

This motion has been signed by a total of 113 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Julie Morgan	05/12/2007	Cardiff North	Labour	Proposed
John Bercow	05/12/2007	Buckingham	Conservative	Seconded
Jo Swinson	05/12/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Phyllis Starkey	05/12/2007	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Seconded
Alan Whitehead	05/12/2007	Southampton, Test	Labour	Seconded
Katy Clark	05/12/2007	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Seconded
Roger Berry	05/12/2007	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	06/12/2007	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Paul Holmes	06/12/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	06/12/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	06/12/2007	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	06/12/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	06/12/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	06/12/2007	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
David Drew	06/12/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	06/12/2007	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	06/12/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	06/12/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	06/12/2007	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	06/12/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	06/12/2007	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	06/12/2007	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stephen Williams	06/12/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	10/12/2007	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	10/12/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	10/12/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	10/12/2007	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	10/12/2007	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	10/12/2007	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	10/12/2007	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	10/12/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	10/12/2007	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Betty Williams	10/12/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Leech	10/12/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	10/12/2007	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	10/12/2007	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	10/12/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	10/12/2007	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	11/12/2007	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	11/12/2007	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	11/12/2007	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	11/12/2007	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	11/12/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
George Galloway	11/12/2007	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	11/12/2007	Falmouth and Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	12/12/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Huhne	12/12/2007	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	12/12/2007	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	12/12/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Doug Naysmith	12/12/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	12/12/2007	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	12/12/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	12/12/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	12/12/2007	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	12/12/2007	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	12/12/2007	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	12/12/2007	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	13/12/2007	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	13/12/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	13/12/2007	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	13/12/2007	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	13/12/2007	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	17/12/2007	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	17/12/2007	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	17/12/2007	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	17/12/2007	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chaytor	18/12/2007	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	18/12/2007	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	18/12/2007	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Ruane	07/01/2008	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	07/01/2008	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	07/01/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	07/01/2008	Hastings and Rye	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	07/01/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	10/01/2008	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Denis Murphy	14/01/2008	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Lembit	17/01/2008	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	17/01/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	23/01/2008	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Reed	24/01/2008	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	18/02/2008	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clive Efford	22/02/2008	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	05/03/2008	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	19/03/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Marsha Singh	20/03/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	20/03/2008	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Si	20/03/2008	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	25/03/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	25/03/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	25/03/2008	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	25/03/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	25/03/2008	Perth and North Perthshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
Menzies Campbell	26/03/2008	North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Clwyd	26/03/2008	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	26/03/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	26/03/2008	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	26/03/2008	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anthony D Wright	27/03/2008	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	27/03/2008	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	31/03/2008	Dover	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	31/03/2008	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	31/03/2008	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	01/04/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Linda Riordan	01/04/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	03/04/2008	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Linda Gilroy	22/04/2008	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	23/04/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dan Rogerson	25/04/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	29/04/2008	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	02/06/2008	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Mason	15/10/2008	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Marshall	Unknown			Withdrawn
Dawn Butler	Unknown			Withdrawn

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