Good News · 2 March 2026
UK government plans to let 16-year-olds vote
The UK government has announced plans for new voting laws, which propose giving 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote in national elections. Ministers stated that this change is because young people are considered the country’s future. This expansion of the franchise forms part of the Representation of the People Bill. Sixteen and seventeen-year-olds are already eligible to vote in Welsh and Scottish Parliament elections and Scotland’s 2014 independence referendum.
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