at what age can you vote in uk
Voting age The UK Ministry of Justice published on 3 July 2007 a Green Paper entitled The Governance of Britain, in which it proposed the establishment of a "Youth Citizenship Commission".[34] The Commission would examine the case for lowering the voting age. On launching the Paper in the House of Commons, PM Gordon Brown said: "Although the voting age has been 18 since 1969, it is right, as part of that debate, to examine, and hear from young people themselves, whether lowering that age would increase participation."[35]
Voting age When the right to vote was being established in democracies, the voting age was generally set at 21 or higher. In the 1970s many countries reduced the voting age to 18. Debate is ongoing in a number of countries on proposals to reduce the voting age to or below 16.
National Lottery (United Kingdom) The National Lottery is the state-franchised national lottery in the United Kingdom.
Indefinite leave to remain Commonwealth citizens who have ILR and are resident in the UK have the right to vote and stand as candidates in all elections.[2]