United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 69606
Voting Rights: Young People
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21 July 2025
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2 September 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of introducing votes for 16 and 17 year olds on the size of parliamentary constituencies.
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21 July 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of introducing votes for 16 and 17 year olds on the size of parliamentary constituencies.
Source: Commons
2 September 2025
Answer
As outlined in the recently published ‘Restoring trust in our democracy: Our strategy for modern and secure elections’, the Government believes that enabling 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in all UK elections will foster early and sustained participation in...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-21/69606
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1825636
- uk · wq-1825636 · source updated 2 September 2025