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Hannah Bettsworth and Jenny Marr

Opinion: Lobby MPs on votes at 16 ahead of Commons debate this week

By Hannah Bettsworth and Jenny Marr | Sat 19th January 2013 - 3:00 pm

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Stephen Williams MP has recently brought forward a motion about extending the franchise to 16 and 17 year olds: this means that the House of Commons will debate the issue on 24th January. In 2005 his motion on the topic failed by just 8 votes. As such, it’s exceedingly important that as many MPs who support votes at 16 attend the debate and vote if possible.

Liberal Youth Scotland has been strongly pushing for votes at 16 for all referendums and elections this …

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