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Petition · past parliament

Reduce voting age to 16 in a future referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

There has been criticism that younger people, i.e. those who are likely to be affected by that vote for the longest period of their lives, were not allowed to join in the referendum on the UK's membership of the EU. This petition seeks to address that issue.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 28 Jun 2016

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