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Calls for reduction in the voting age to 16
18th July 2018
Under current legislation, a person must be 18 or over to vote in elections to the UK Parliament. This note from the House of Commons Parliament Research department gives details of calls for a change in the law to reduce the voting age to 16 in recent years.
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