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Form Time | Politics | Citizenship | PSHE

New law allows teenagers to vote at 16

Youth voice: The UK (as a whole) last changed its voting age in 1969, when the voting age was reduced to 18 from 21.

Should 16-year-olds count as adults? The UK government has announced a massive expansion of who gets to vote. Commentators — and prospective teenage voters — are divided on the change.