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  Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill - New Clause 10 - Entitlement to Vote at Local Government Elections
  
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  @ MP voted aye to let 16 and 17 year olds vote in local government elections.
  @ MP voted no against letting 16 and 17 year olds vote in local government elections.
  
  The majority of MPs against letting 16 and 17 year olds vote in local government elections.  
  
  MPs were considering the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill[1].
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: ''Governance arrangements for local government: entitlement to vote'' and stated:
  
  :In [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/section/2 section 2 of the Representation of the People Act 1983] (local government electors), in subsection (1)(d) for â18â substitute â16ââ
  
  An explanatory note accompanying the new clause stated:
  :This Clause would re-instate the provision in the Bill, as brought from the Lords, allowing votes for 16 and 17 year olds in local government elections.
  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/citiesandlocalgovernmentdevolution.html Parliament's webpage on the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill.]
  * [2] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2015-12-07b.724.2#g724.3 House of Commons, Official Record, House of Commons, 7 December 2015.]
  * [3] [http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk/aboutus "About Us" page on the National Parks UK website.] 
   
  
  
  
  
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