Petition · past parliament

Article 50 not to be triggered until after 2nd EU Referendum including 16+

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

The 16+ age group were excluded from the EU Referendum, but incl. in the Scottish Referendum. Legally entitled to be parents themselves, and with 75% of their peers voting to stay in the EU, they must have a right to decide their own futures, not have it skewed by the 65+ age group.

Why it was rejected

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

The EU referendum has already taken place. It is therefore no longer possible for the franchise (the groups of people who are entitled to vote) to be changed.

If you would like the UK voting age to be lowered to 16, you might like to sign this petition instead:

Reduce the legal voting age to 16

Timeline

25 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
28 Jun 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 28 Jun 2016

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