The Youth Citizenship Commission has published a summary of responses it received to its discussion paper on whether the voting age should be lowered to 16.
The discussion paper outlined relevant information about the voting age, such as the current legal position in the UK, international comparisons, engagement amongst young people and citizenship education in secondary schools. The paper also discussed the implications of lowering the voting age to 16 or of maintaining the voting age of 18.
The Commission received 509 responses to the consultation from a wide range of groups and individuals in the UK. Overall, 64 percent of respondents (314) supported the proposal to lower the voting age to 16.