Britain will lower its voting age to 16 in a bid to strengthen democracy
A woman exits a polling station set up at St. Anne's Church, Bermondsey, in London, on July 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
LONDON (AP) — Britain will lower the voting age from 18 to 16 by the next national election as part of measures to increase democratic participation, the government announced Thursday.
The center-left Labour Party pledged before it was elected in July 2024 to lower the voting age for elections to Britain's Parliament. Scotland and Wales already let 16- and 17-year-olds vote in local and regional elections.
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