Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN HL1548
Voting Rights: Young People
Tabled: 1 July 2026
Answered: 15 July 2026
Question
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their plans to lower the voting age to 16, whether they have plans to amend the definition of a child to those under the age of 16 in the (1) Children and Families Act 2014, (2) Children Act 1989, and (c) Childr
Answer
None of the measures in the Representation of the People Bill which extend the right to vote to 16- and 17-year-olds will change the definition of a child in those three acts.There is no single definition of the age at which someone becomes an ‘adult’ in ...
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