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EU Referendum Voting Age

EDM number 39 in 2015-16, proposed by Tulip Siddiq on 27/05/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Electoral franchise and EU law and treaties.

That this House believes that 16 and 17 year olds should be allowed to vote in any upcoming referendum on the UK’s relationship with Europe; recognises that teenagers have a clear interest in whether or not we stay in the EU and that the future of the EU is vital to young people’s job prospects, livelihood and travel plans and that their voices must be heard; further notes the evidence that young people are more likely to vote and participate in democracy if they do so from an early age; further believes that the side of history lies with those who widen the electoral franchise rather than restrict it; and therefore calls on the Government to build on the precedent of the 2014 Scottish referendum and commit to 16 and 17 year olds being allowed to vote in any future referendum on Europe.

This motion has been signed by a total of 66 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tulip Siddiq27/05/2015Hampstead and KilburnLabourProposed
Wes Streeting27/05/2015Ilford NorthLabourSeconded
Catherine West27/05/2015Hornsey and Wood GreenLabourSeconded
John Mann28/05/2015BassetlawLabourSeconded
Chris Law28/05/2015Dundee WestScottish National PartySeconded
Peter Bottomley28/05/2015Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Angus MacNeil28/05/2015Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
John McDonnell28/05/2015Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Martyn Day01/06/2015Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Justin Madders01/06/2015Ellesmere Port and NestonLabourSigned
Mark Durkan01/06/2015FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Gordon Marsden01/06/2015Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Douglas Chapman01/06/2015Dunfermline and West FifeScottish National PartySigned
Tommy Sheppard02/06/2015Edinburgh EastScottish National PartySigned
Rupa Huq02/06/2015Ealing Central and ActonLabourSigned
Diane Abbott02/06/2015Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Jo Stevens02/06/2015Cardiff CentralLabourSigned
Cat Smith02/06/2015Lancaster and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn02/06/2015Islington NorthLabourSigned
Michael Weir02/06/2015AngusScottish National PartySigned
Owen Thompson02/06/2015MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Mike Gapes02/06/2015Ilford SouthLabourSigned
Chris Matheson02/06/2015City of ChesterLabourSigned
Chris Stephens02/06/2015Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Daniel Zeichner02/06/2015CambridgeLabourSigned
Melanie Onn02/06/2015Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell03/06/2015Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell03/06/2015Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Nick Thomas-Symonds03/06/2015TorfaenLabourSigned
Thangam Debbonaire03/06/2015Bristol WestLabourSigned
Tasmina Sheikh03/06/2015Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Angela Crawley03/06/2015Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartySigned
Brendan O'Hara03/06/2015Argyll and ButeScottish National PartySigned
Phil Boswell03/06/2015Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillScottish National PartySigned
Liz Saville Roberts03/06/2015Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Jonathan Edwards03/06/2015Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Hywel Williams03/06/2015ArfonPlaid CymruSigned
Paul Flynn03/06/2015Newport WestLabourSigned
Liz McInnes04/06/2015Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Caroline Lucas04/06/2015Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
David Anderson04/06/2015BlaydonLabourSigned
Mary Glindon04/06/2015North TynesideLabourSigned
John Pugh04/06/2015SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Esterson04/06/2015Sefton CentralLabourSigned
Keith Vaz04/06/2015Leicester EastLabourSigned
Gavin Newlands08/06/2015Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthScottish National PartySigned
Vicky Foxcroft08/06/2015Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Richard Arkless08/06/2015Dumfries and GallowayScottish National PartySigned
Ruth Cadbury08/06/2015Brentford and IsleworthLabourSigned
Stephen Kinnock09/06/2015AberavonLabourSigned
Stephen Gethins09/06/2015North East FifeScottish National PartySigned
Imran Hussain09/06/2015Bradford EastLabourSigned
Alan Brown09/06/2015Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Paul Blomfield09/06/2015Sheffield CentralLabourSigned
David Crausby10/06/2015Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Fiona Mactaggart11/06/2015SloughLabourSigned
Andrew McDonald15/06/2015MiddlesbroughLabourSigned
Rachael Maskell16/06/2015York CentralLabour/Co-operativeSigned
Neil Gray22/06/2015Airdrie and ShottsScottish National PartySigned
Eilidh Whiteford23/06/2015Banff and BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Corri Wilson24/06/2015Ayr, Carrick and CumnockScottish National PartySigned
Carol Monaghan01/07/2015Glasgow North WestScottish National PartySigned
Yasmin Qureshi02/07/2015Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Conor McGinn16/07/2015St Helens NorthLabourSigned
Mhairi Black21/07/2015Paisley and Renfrewshire SouthScottish National PartySigned
Marie Rimmer23/11/2015St Helens South and WhistonLabourSigned

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