Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Allow 16 year-olds the right to vote.

Young people should have the right to vote on issues that will affect their futures, as has become evident in the 2016 EU referendum where 16 and 17 year-olds were denied the right to vote, leaving them without a say on their own futures.

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/119769

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