Petition Lower the voting age to 16 for those who sign up to the military

We would like the Government to lower the voting age to 16 for those who sign up to join the military.

More details

We want them to change this because if they are old enough to join the military, then we think they should be able to vote.

9 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 9 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

10,000 signatures required to get a government response

At 10,000 signatures...

At 10,000 signatures, government will respond to this petition

At 100,000 signatures, this petition will be considered for debate in Parliament

Created by Beth Mycock
Deadline 1 January 2026 All petitions run for 6 months
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.