Schedule 1 Amendments
Electoral Administration Bill
10:30 am
Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:
Amendment No. 29, in schedule 1, page 82, line 21, leave out ‘18’ and insert ‘16’.
Amendment No. 27, in schedule 1, page 95, line 4, at end insert—
‘113(1)The Representation of the People Act 1985 is amended as follows—
(2)In section 1(5) (extension of the parlimentary franchise), for “18” substitute “16”,
(3)In section 3(8)(a) (extension of the franchise for European Parliamentary elections), for “18” substitute “16”.’.
New clause 2—Minimum age of voting—
‘(1)In section 1 of the 1983 Act (parliamentary electors), for subsection (d) substitute—“(d) is of voting age (that is, 16 years or over)”.
(2)In section 2 of the 1983 Act (local government electors), for subsection (d) substitute—“(d) is of voting age (that is, 16 years or over)”.
(3)In paragraph 6(5) of Schedule 4 of the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c.2), for “18” substitute “16”.’.