A Bill to reduce the voting age to 16 in general elections, elections to the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, the Northern Ireland Assembly and the European Parliament, local government elections and referendums; to make provision about young people’s education in citizenship and the constitution; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
Vicky FoxcroftLabour (Co-op)
13 May 2016
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The bill would lower the voting age to 16 for general elections, elections to the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh and Northern Ireland Assemblies, the European Parliament, local government elections and referendums. It also includes proposals to improve citizenship and constitutional education for young people. It is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons and was introduced by Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft in 2015.
As recorded, the bill was at the second reading in the Commons in 2015; no further progress is detailed in the provided information.
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24 Jun 2015
11 Sept 2015
The 2015-16 session of Parliament has ended and this Bill will make no further progress.
The Bill was presented to Parliament through the ballot procedure on 24 June 2015. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The second reading debate on 11 September 2015 was adjourned.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
