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We don’t need to lower the voting age to ensure MPs listen to the views of young people

Harper, Mark (2014) We don’t need to lower the voting age to ensure MPs listen to the views of young people. Democratic Audit UK (15 May 2014). Website.

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Abstract

Last week MPs debated the the case for lowering the UK’s voting age to 16, following Scotland’s decision to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to vote in the independence referendum. Mark Harper MP argued strongly against votes at 16 in the debate, in response to the proposal from Sarah Champion, which was featured on Democratic Audit yesterday. This post is an edited version of his speech, published as part of our series on youth participation.

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://www.democraticaudit.com
Additional Information: © 2014 The Author(s)
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
J Political Science > JC Political theory
J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited: 16 Jun 2017 12:19
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 19:42
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/81524

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