Question follow-through · 20431
Voting Rights: Young People
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has been informed of the date and elections of the introduction of the lower voting age.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has been informed of the date and elections of the introduction of the lower voting age.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Sept 2026
Answer published
The UK Government has confirmed it intends for the voting age to be lowered in time for the May 2028 elections, subject to Parliamentary progress of the Bill. I refer the Hon. Gentleman to the answer given to Question 15614.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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