04.05.08 Votes at 16 campaign stirs up the Commons
MYPs stood alongside politicians and fellow young activists on Wednesday 4th June to mark the second reading of the Voting Age (Reduction) Bill to be held on Friday 6th June...Read More.



20.03.08 Chair reveals details of Youth Citizenship Commission
In an interview with the Times Higher Education, Jonathan Tonge said that he was approaching the review with an open mind about the appetite for politics and other aspects of citizenship among young people, and whether lowering the voting age would be a positive step. The commission is due to report its findings next spring....Read More.

29.02.08 UK Youth Parliament Welcomes Announcement of Youth Citizenship Commission
As the Government announced the chair of the Youth Citizenship Commission today (29th February), the UK Youth Parliament welcomed the announcement and called for the opportunity to be seized. Read More

07.02.08 Wales needs a say on its democratic future
The Welsh Assembly took a resounding vote in favour of votes at 16 giving great support to the campaign.
The vote, passed by 44 to 4, with 3 abstentions, is not binding. The Welsh Assembly currently does not have the power to change any aspect of its electoral systems...Read More.



12.01.08 Children of 16 may be given the vote
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, the deputy leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the House of Commons, warned that drastic action was needed to tackle a crisis in Britain's democracy caused by low turnout among younger voters...Read More.

05.12.07 EDM tabled for votes at 16
Julie Morgan MP tabled an EDM for the voting age to be lowered to 16, with the hope of gaining wide support from MPs...Read More

05.12.07 Let 16-year-olds vote, says Welsh MP
Teenagers would be able to vote at 16 under changes to the law being put forward by a Welsh MP today.Cardiff North MP Julie Morgan wants to see the current age limit of 18 lowered...Read More

27.10.07 Proposals to lower the voting age to 16 have been unanimously backed at the SNP annual conference
The move has carried strong support among party members, although powers to alter the age, currently set at 18, are reserved...Read more.

03/09/07 Prime Minister argues for an all-party Speakers' Conference addressing whether the voting age should be lowered to 16

The Prime Minister had proposed that the Speaker
should call a conference to ‘consider against the backdrop of a decline in turnout...Read more.

08/2007 Article is published in Debatable by Luke Springthorpe

Gordon Brown has announced that as part of the Governments review in to constitutional reform, they will be looking at the voting age....Read more.