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Petition · past parliament

Consider the votes of young people as having more weight in EU referendum.

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

Young people will have to deal with the consequences of leaving the EU much more than the old, in terms of years of life with this change. Young people had a majority for remain whereas the old voted to leave. Overall, the young are going to have to live with something they didn't want for longer.
<40 = majority remain.
>40 = majority leave.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

It's not clear how this could be done. Voting in the UK is anonymous. It is not therefore possible to work out which votes were cast by young people.

Timeline

24 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
1 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.