Wales tears down barriers to democracy as England fortifies them Last week Wales has shown just what devolution can do: allow new ways of doing democracy. On Tuesday the Welsh government launched a consultation that has the potential to be a game-changer when it comes... Posted 27 Jul 2017
Citizenship education paves the way for votes at 16 With Wales looking to equalise their voting age with Scotland for local elections at 16, we asked our work experience student Carla to explain what impact the citizenship education classes she’d recent completed would have... Posted 19 Jul 2017
The next government must extend votes at 16 beyond Scotland You might not have realised, but on Thursday, thousands of 16 and 17 year olds trekked to polling stations across the country to exercise their democratic right to vote. They went with the full support... Posted 05 May 2017
Extend the franchise for overseas citizens – but let’s have votes at 16 too Last week’s Queen’s Speech – the legislative agenda for the next year – contained an interesting and largely overlooked reform in the ‘small print’ (see pages 62-63): the government is planning to scrap the arguably... Posted 24 May 2016
It’s time 16 and 17 year olds got the vote Last month saw a big victory for campaigners for a fairer franchise: the House of Lords supported giving 16 and 17-year-olds a vote in the EU referendum. Votes at 16 is now in the Bill. But... Posted 04 Dec 2015
Why Ruth Davidson supports votes at 16 The following is republished with the kind permission of Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson. It is one part of Giving 16 and 17 Year Olds the Vote – The Tory Case, a publication from the Tory... Posted 24 Jun 2015
Scotland leads the way on votes at 16 Yesterday, two very different things happened around the same issue in Scotland and England. At 4:22pm in Westminster, during a debate on the EU Referendum Bill, MPs voted 310-265 against giving 16 and 17 year... Posted 19 Jun 2015