Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition A second referendum allowing 16 year olds the chance to vote on their future.

Fewer votes leave came from younger votes as this will impact them for the longest they should be given an opportunity to vote.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/133542

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.