50506
2017-19
45
Lowering The Voting Age To 16
Caroline Lucas
2017-06-26
That this House notes that 16 year olds can enter into marriage and civil partnerships, pay income tax and national insurance, obtain social security benefits in their own right, become a company director, consent to medical treatment, and join the armed forces, a political party or a trade union; believes that young people should be given the chance to fulfil their potential and play a full part in society, including through political engagement and participation in democratic decision-making; notes that the voting age is 16 in Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Jersey, and Scotland; further notes that the Wales Act 2017 provides the Welsh Assembly with the power to lower the voting age for its elections; considers that, as part of the first generation to receive citizenship education, the UK's 1.5 million 16 and 17 year olds are as knowledgeable and competent to vote as other young adults; and calls on the Government to give 16 and 17 year olds a say in their long-term future by legislating to reduce the voting age to 16 for all national and local elections and referendums at the earliest possible opportunity.
Electoral franchise
Caroline Lucas
2017-06-26
Proposed
Brighton, Pavilion
Green
Edward Miliband
2017-06-26
Seconded
Doncaster North
Labour
Ian Blackford
2017-06-26
Seconded
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish National Party
Jo Swinson
2017-06-26
Seconded
East Dunbartonshire
Liberal Democrat
Liz Saville Roberts
2017-06-26
Seconded
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Plaid Cymru
Tulip Siddiq
2017-06-26
Seconded
Hampstead and Kilburn
Labour
David Linden
2017-06-27
Signed
Glasgow East
Scottish National Party
Norman Lamb
2017-06-27
Signed
North Norfolk
Liberal Democrat
Carol Monaghan
2017-06-27
Signed
Glasgow North West
Scottish National Party
Laura Smith
2017-06-27
Signed
Crewe and Nantwich
Labour
Jo Platt
2017-06-27
Signed
Leigh
Labour/Co-operative
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
2017-06-27
Signed
Brighton, Kemptown
Labour/Co-operative
Albert Owen
2017-06-27
Signed
Ynys M
Labour
Hywel Williams
2017-06-27
Signed
Arfon
Plaid Cymru
David Hanson
2017-06-27
Signed
Delyn
Labour
Chris Law
2017-06-27
Signed
Dundee West
Scottish National Party
Tonia Antoniazzi
2017-06-27
Signed
Gower
Labour
Jonathan Edwards
2017-06-27
Signed
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Plaid Cymru
Chris Stephens
2017-06-27
Signed
Glasgow South West
Scottish National Party
Stuart McDonald
2017-06-27
Signed
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Scottish National Party
Ian Mearns
2017-06-27
Signed
Gateshead
Labour
Stewart McDonald
2017-06-27
Signed
Glasgow South
Scottish National Party
Rachael Maskell
2017-06-27
Signed
York Central
Labour/Co-operative
Ronnie Cowan
2017-06-27
Signed
Inverclyde
Scottish National Party
Martyn Day
2017-06-27
Signed
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Scottish National Party
Alison Thewliss
2017-06-27
Signed
Glasgow Central
Scottish National Party
Jim Cunningham
2017-06-27
Signed
Coventry South
Labour
Dennis Skinner
2017-06-27
Signed
Bolsover
Labour
Jo Stevens
2017-06-27
Signed
Cardiff Central
Labour
Kelvin Hopkins
2017-06-27
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Alex Sobel
2017-06-27
Signed
Leeds North West
Labour/Co-operative
Stephen Morgan
2017-06-28
Signed
Portsmouth South
Labour
Peter Bottomley
2017-06-28
Signed
Worthing West
Conservative
Wes Streeting
2017-06-28
Signed
Ilford North
Labour
Stephen Timms
2017-06-28
Signed
East Ham
Labour
Ben Lake
2017-06-28
Signed
Ceredigion
Plaid Cymru
Luke Pollard
2017-06-28
Signed
Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
Labour/Co-operative
Paul Flynn
2017-06-28
Signed
Newport West
Labour
Yvonne Fovargue
2017-06-28
Signed
Makerfield
Labour
Stephen Lloyd
2017-06-28
Signed
Eastbourne
Liberal Democrat
Kirsty Blackman
2017-06-28
Signed
Aberdeen North
Scottish National Party
Clive Lewis
2017-06-29
Signed
Norwich South
Labour
Lady Hermon
2017-06-29
Signed
North Down
Independent
John McNally
2017-06-29
Signed
Falkirk
Scottish National Party
Frank Field
2017-06-29
Signed
Birkenhead
Labour
Patricia Gibson
2017-06-29
Signed
North Ayrshire and Arran
Scottish National Party
Brendan O'Hara
2017-06-29
Signed
Argyll and Bute
Scottish National Party
Liz Twist
2017-06-29
Signed
Blaydon
Labour
Douglas Chapman
2017-06-29
Signed
Dunfermline and West Fife
Scottish National Party
Anna McMorrin
2017-06-29
Signed
Cardiff North
Labour
Stephen Kinnock
2017-06-29
Signed
Aberavon
Labour
Mike Gapes
2017-06-29
Signed
Ilford South
Labour
Peter Kyle
2017-06-29
Signed
Hove
Labour
Stephen Doughty
2017-06-29
Signed
Cardiff South and Penarth
Labour
Patrick Grady
2017-06-29
Signed
Glasgow North
Scottish National Party
David Drew
2017-06-29
Signed
Angela Crawley
2017-06-29
Signed
Lanark and Hamilton East
Scottish National Party
Mike Amesbury
2017-06-29
Signed
Weaver Vale
Labour
Tim Farron
2017-07-03
Signed
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Liberal Democrat
Christine Jardine
2017-07-03
Signed
Edinburgh West
Liberal Democrat
Daniel Zeichner
2017-07-03
Signed
Cambridge
Labour
Angus MacNeil
2017-07-03
Signed
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish National Party
Neil Coyle
2017-07-03
Signed
Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Labour
Kate Hollern
2017-07-03
Signed
Blackburn
Labour
Peter Grant
2017-07-04
Signed
Glenrothes
Scottish National Party
Catherine West
2017-07-04
Signed
Hornsey and Wood Green
Labour
Marie Rimmer
2017-07-04
Signed
St Helens South and Whiston
Labour
Matt Western
2017-07-04
Signed
Warwick and Leamington
Labour
Alan Brown
2017-07-04
Signed
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Scottish National Party
Neil Gray
2017-07-04
Signed
Airdrie and Shotts
Scottish National Party
Drew Hendry
2017-07-04
Signed
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Scottish National Party
Ruth George
2017-07-05
Signed
High Peak
Labour
Angela Eagle
2017-07-05
Signed
Wallasey
Labour
Tommy Sheppard
2017-07-05
Signed
Edinburgh East
Scottish National Party
Layla Moran
2017-07-05
Signed
Oxford West and Abingdon
Liberal Democrat
George Howarth
2017-07-05
Signed
Knowsley
Labour
Faisal Rashid
2017-07-05
Signed
Warrington South
Labour
Teresa Pearce
2017-07-06
Signed
Erith and Thamesmead
Labour
Stephen Gethins
2017-07-06
Signed
North East Fife
Scottish National Party
Ronnie Campbell
2017-07-10
Signed
Blyth Valley
Labour
Ged Killen
2017-07-10
Signed
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Labour/Co-operative
Dan Carden
2017-07-11
Signed
Liverpool, Walton
Labour
Laura Pidcock
2017-07-11
Signed
North West Durham
Labour
Kate Green
2017-07-12
Signed
Stretford and Urmston
Labour
Stephen Twigg
2017-07-17
Signed
Liverpool, West Derby
Labour
Grahame Morris
2017-07-17
Signed
Easington
Labour
Lisa Nandy
2017-07-17
Signed
Wigan
Labour
John Cryer
2017-07-18
Signed
Leyton and Wanstead
Labour
Catherine McKinnell
2017-07-18
Signed
Newcastle upon Tyne North
Labour
Conor McGinn
2017-07-18
Signed
St Helens North
Labour
David Crausby
2017-07-20
Signed
Bolton North East
Labour
Mary Glindon
2017-09-11
Signed
North Tyneside
Labour
Wera Hobhouse
2017-10-09
Signed
Bath
Liberal Democrat
Sandy Martin
2017-10-09
Signed
Ipswich
Labour
Harriet Harman
2017-10-12
Signed
Camberwell and Peckham
Labour
Stephen Hepburn
2017-11-27
Signed
Jarrow
Labour