Petition · past parliament
Reduce the voting age to 16
Rejected
14 signatures
What the petition asks
Give 16 and 17 year old's the right to vote the same as any other tax payer would be able to. At 16 and 17 you are old enough to join the army, drink alcohol and smoke, gamble, pay tax and marry yet you are not allowed to have a say in our country's politics. This needs to change.
At 16 you are mature enough to understand politics and are considered an adult in almost every other aspect but the government refuses what the people want; a more democratic country. and if you are going to say we are too lazy or immature to vote you're forgetting the 13 million adults who didn't vote in the EU referendum.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 6 Mar 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 11 Mar 2019 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
14
Status
Rejected
Rejected
11 Mar 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.