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UK government to lower voting age to 16 before next national election despite strong conservative opposition
The U.K. plans to lower the voting age from 18 to 16 before the next national election, with opposition claiming Labour is trying to sway the electorate.
UK to lower national voting age to 16 under government proposals
The United Kingdom could become one of the first European countries to lower the voting age to 16 in all national elections, in what the government is calling a landmark effort to “future-proof” its democracy.
U.K. government moves to lower voting age to 16
The United Kingdom is moving forward on plans to lower the voting age to 16, as well as other changes to voting and the contributions candidates can receive.
Britain is lowering the voting age to 16. It's getting a mixed reaction
The British government has announced plans to lower the voting age from 18 to 16 before the next national election
Britain Will Lower Its Voting Age From 18 To 16
It's part of measures to increase democratic participation, the government announced. The next national election must be held by 2029.
Lowering the voting age won’t reshape the electorate
In electoral terms, lowering the voting age to 16 is a bit of a nothing burger. There are just over 1.6mn people aged between 16 and 18 in the UK. If all of them were to vote at the next election (a heroic assumption,
Should Voting Age Be Lowered To 16?
BBC's Nicky Campbell takes calls on the government's plans to lower the voting age to 16 in time for the next general election.
Britain to lower voting age to 16 in a bid to strengthen democracy
Britain is lowering the country's voting age from 18 to 16 before the next national election, the government announced Thursday.
The UK will lower its voting age to 16. Could the U.S. follow suit?
The British government aims to make all 16- and 17-year-olds eligible to vote starting in the next U.K. general election. Some voting age limits are changing in the U.S., but only at the local level.
The U.K. is changing up its voting age
The United Kingdom will lower the country-wide voting age from 18 to 16 by the next national election as part of measures to increase democratic participation, the government announced.
U.K. Plans to Lower Voting Age in Major Electoral Reform
The British government said it wants to lower the voting age to 16 as part of a plan that has been described as the country’s largest expansion of voting rights in decades.
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