Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Allow 16 and 17 years to vote in the whole of the UK, as they do in Scotland.

The EU referendum, which, won by Brexit, will have a greater effect on the future of the young. In Scotland, 16 and 17 year olds were allowed to vote on their future - this should be the same for the whole of the U.K.

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.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/119769

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