Bill to allow 16 year olds to vote to be debated in parliament

Too young, and some will be influenced by school teachers; not allowed , but it does happen, increasingly.
18 is the age.

I’ve always found the Conservatives opposition to voting at 16 wryly amusing given that they allow party members at 16 a vote in leadership elections ( which of course can be a vote for PM), but in general, there are a lot of much older people imo who shouldn’t have the vote so I actually am very relaxed about it.

Doodledog

What has marrying (a personal matter which impacts only on those concerned) to do with voting? People always bring it up when anything to do with age is mentioned. That and joining the forces. Apples and oranges.

18 is the age of majority. Before that age people are minors with limited responsibility in law. If posters want marriage at 16 to be disallowed they should focus on that, not assume that it means that 16 year olds are therefore adults- they are not. Anyway, I thought marriageable age was now 18? Whether is is 16, 18 or 37 is till irrelevant to voting age though.

I can only speak for myself , I think that there should be one age where people are legally recognised as an adult for purposes such as voting, fighting for your country (you can join the forces at 17 but cannot go into a war situation until 18) marrying and purchasing alcohol.

Yes 16 is too young.

My DGD (17) said to me recently, every person she knows at college are going to vote for the Green party. So it could backfire on Labour.

What has marrying (a personal matter which impacts only on those concerned) to do with voting? People always bring it up when anything to do with age is mentioned. That and joining the forces. Apples and oranges.

18 is the age of majority. Before that age people are minors with limited responsibility in law. If posters want marriage at 16 to be disallowed they should focus on that, not assume that it means that 16 year olds are therefore adults- they are not. Anyway, I thought marriageable age was now 18? Whether is is 16, 18 or 37 is till irrelevant to voting age though.

Sadgrandma

The legal age to marry was raised to 18 in 2023

Yes it’s 18 in England and Wales, remains 16 with parental permission in Scotland and N.I. Or 18 without.

Many 16 year olds haven’t done anything as grown up as having a paper round, still have Mum and Dad ferrying them around and generally treating them as if they were 6.

No, I don’t think 16 is a suitable age to vote, or get married.

Or enlist in the army.

Times have changed, and children haven’t had to grow up as much as even 50 years ago.

It might backfire. Starmer presumably thinks 16 year olds are more likely to vote Labour, but this may not be the case.

The legal age to marry was raised to 18 in 2023

16-year olds are allowed to marry..,