latest news from the votes at 16 team
Cardiff MP Alun Michael joins call to lower voting age
May 11, 2012 - 2:58 pm
Alun Michael, the Labour MP for Cardiff South and Penarth, has called for the voting age to be lowered so that young people are involved in elections at the age of 14. Concerned by the low turnout in last week’s …
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Green MSP calls for Scottish Parliament to support votes at 16 March 8, 2012
Patrick Harvie MSP, Green Party MSP for the Glasgow region, has called on Members of the Scottish Parliament to back a motion calling on the Scottish Parliament to support lowering the voting age to 16 during Votes at 16 Action …
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Kevin Stewart MSP: “Exclusion from voting hypocritical” February 1, 2012
Kevin Stewart MSP, Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Aberdeen Central and supporter of Votes at 16 (he supported the campaign with a motion in the Scottish Parliament last year) has shared his thoughts on the need …
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Scottish Government consult on Votes at 16
The Scottish Government want to know if you think 16 and 17 year olds should be able to vote in the Scottish referendum on independence in 2014. On 25 January, the Scottish Government launched a consultation ‘Your Scotland, Your referendum’ …
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Update: Volunteer as a Votes at 16 petition champion in March December 16, 2011
Take a key role in a UK wide week of Votes at 16 action. We are organising a week of campaigning action between Monday 5 March to Friday 9 March 2012. Please note – the dates for this week of …
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Young people takeover the House of Commons November 4, 2011
Over 300 young representatives from the UK Youth Parliament sat in the chamber to debate what should be their national campaign for 2012. 65,000 young people from across the UK had previously voted in a record breaking ballot to pick …
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