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  Elections Bill - New Clause 1 - Voting From Age 16 in Parliamentary Elections
  
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  @ MP voted aye to reduce the voting age to 16 for UK Parliamentary elections. 
  @ MP voted no against lowering the voting age to 16 for UK Parliamentary elections. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against lowering the voting age to 16 for UK Parliamentary elections. 
  
  MPs were considering the Elections Bill.[1][2][3]
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled:''Voting from age 16 in parliamentary elections'' and stated:
  
  :âIn [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/section/1 section 1(1)(d) of the Representation of the People Act 1983] (definition of voting age for parliamentary elections), for â18â substitute â16â.â
  
  The rejected new clause was accompanied by the following statement from its proposer:
  
  :This new clause would lower the voting age to 16 in UK parliamentary elections.
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3020 Parliament's webpage on the Elections Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3020/publications Elections Bill as amended in Committee, 27 October 2021], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0138/en/210138en.pdf Explanatory notes to the Elections Bill, 5 July 2021], Parliament.uk
  
  
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