Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition The voting age should be lowered to 15 years of age.

I believe from 15 people have matured enough to vote. Some 15 year olds have better ideas than the rest of the country about what is right so give them the vote by signing this petition.

James McJannett-Smith

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/141116

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