Elections: Young People
Lords · Question HL6431 · Tabled 1 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Jamieson
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the evidential or methodological basis for having a higher candidacy age than voting age under their plans to lower the latter to 16; and what assessment they have made of the capacity of 16 and 17 year-olds in the
Answer
Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, 10 Apr 2025
Pursuant to previous debate [Column 569 Volume 844] where this issue was raised, the Government was elected on a manifesto promising to give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in all UK elections, strengthening our democracy and increasing the engagem...