blackn1ght@feddit.uk to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 1 month agoVoting age to be lowered to 16 in UK by next general electionwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down12cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.seuk_politics@feddit.ukworld@lemmy.world
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minus-squareBeigeAgenda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoIf it lowers the average age in the parliament, that would probably be a good thing, even if the UK is not the worst from what I can see. In the UK the average age is around 50 according to: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/house-of-commons-trends-the-age-of-mps/ Compared to the US where the senate is a bunch of pensioners average of 64, and the house is 57: https://fiscalnote.com/blog/how-old-118th-congress
If it lowers the average age in the parliament, that would probably be a good thing, even if the UK is not the worst from what I can see.
In the UK the average age is around 50 according to: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/house-of-commons-trends-the-age-of-mps/
Compared to the US where the senate is a bunch of pensioners average of 64, and the house is 57: https://fiscalnote.com/blog/how-old-118th-congress