The voting age for local elections in England, including mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections, is 18. The UK Government has no plans to lower the voting age for local elections in England. Scotland and Wales lowered the voting age to 16 for local and devolved elections.
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Response rates from 2.5m UK voters.
36% Yes |
64% No |
30% Yes |
61% No |
6% Yes, any citizen that pays taxes should be allowed to vote |
3% No, and voters should be required to pass a basic test demonstrating their understanding of politics in order to vote |
1% No, it should be raised |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 2.5m UK voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 2.5m UK voters.
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Unique answers from UK voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
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Yes, but political theory should be taught in schools so that people understand what they are voting for
@9LJN4YR8mos8MO
No, but civic education of the political system should be increased to ensure people of voting age understand politics
@89KMD5W4yrs4Y
Voting carries less of a responsibility than marriage and sexual consent, both legal at the age of 16. Why should the right to vote not be the same?
@8TMYVZK3yrs3Y
No, its should be raised to 25 only being allowed for men and eventually abolish voting altogether
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@9PHL6N76mos6MO
Yes, and political education should be required to complete a course separate to school demonstrating their understanding of politics
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No, parties should focus on persuading the existing electorate, not on adding new voters that they hope will favour them
@9MX5JLC7mos7MO
Yes, this should be lowered to 16 and younger citizens should be educated in schools from an unbiased perspective about the parties so they are not voting blindly. Eliminating part of the younger generations favours certain parties.
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