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Impact of Lowering the Voting Age to 16

Geoff Riley

14th July 2017

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The size and shape of the UK electorate has not changed markedly since 1969 when the voting age was cut from 21 to 18. What effect on individual constituencies might happen if the voting age is lowered to 16?

In 2015 there were 1.5 million 16 & 17 yr olds in the UK. They would have made up 2.87% of the population aged 16+ https://t.co/yoFMqRqir2
— Office for National Statistics (ONS) (@ONS) July 14, 2017

This ONS data special looks at the evidence of the impact of reducing the voting age to 16. It finds that, drawing on the results from the June 2017 General Election, overall there were 88 Parliamentary constituencies where the number of 16- and 17-year-olds was greater than the winning margin.

Senior politicians call for lowering British voting age to 16 https://t.co/xnMnoe2Az7
— Guardian politics (@GdnPolitics) June 27, 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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