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Calls for reduction in the voting age to 16

Geoff Riley

18th July 2018

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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.

If you want to read the new pamphlet: 'Civic Duty: The Conservative Case for Votes at 16 & 17' - you can do so, here: https://t.co/xjxv5kNOzs
— Electoral Reform Society (@electoralreform) July 10, 2018

Our democracy needs reform: proportional representation, transparency on who's involved, spending cap, voting age 16, voting compulsory.
— A C Grayling #FBPE #Reform #Rejoin #FBPR (@acgrayling) May 13, 2017

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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