Question follow-through · 27699
Voting Rights: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to extend voting rights to 16 and 17 year olds in time for the 2027 local government elections in England.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 7 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2026
- Answer
- No published answer in this record
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Recorded timeline
7 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to extend voting rights to 16 and 17 year olds in time for the 2027 local government elections in England.
9 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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