Votes for 16 and 17 year olds in Scotland, Wales… and overseas?What connects people with Irish, Kiribatian or New Zealand passports? They can all vote in UK general elections if they have (or don’t need) leave to remain in the UK. Who votes in UK elections...Posted 17 Oct 2018
Wales is leading the way in building a better democracy, Westminster should take noteThere’s been plenty of talk at Conservative conference of how to win back young voters. But so far there has been little policy detail. What’s happening in Wales might provide some inspiration. This Tuesday, the...Posted 02 Oct 2018
The Tories should trust young peopleCecilia George is a former Member of Youth Parliament for Wiltshire and wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative Case for votes at 16 and 17. 16–year–olds are deemed mature enough to join the...Posted 25 Aug 2018
My dad would have been ready to vote at 16, and today’s young people are tooLisa Francis is the former Assembly Member for Mid and West Wales and wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative Case for votes at 16 and 17. Last year, my dad died at the...Posted 24 Aug 2018
Scotland shows that votes at 16 worksMiles Briggs MSP, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothian wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative Case for votes at 16 and 17. Arguments for and against votes at 16 are often highly subjective....Posted 23 Aug 2018
Britain’s democratic story is unfinished – let’s write the next chapterSir Peter Bottomley MP, the Member of Parliament for Worthing West wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative Case for votes at 16 and 17. “What it means to be a truly democratic...Posted 22 Aug 2018
Why Votes at 16 is the next suffrage bridge we must crossNicky Morgan MP, Member of Parliament for Loughborough and former Education Secretary wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative Case for votes at 16 and 17. On July 2nd, we marked the 90th anniversary...Posted 21 Aug 2018
An updated Conservative case for Votes at 16Owen Meredith, Chairman of the Tory Reform Group wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative Case for votes at 16 and 17. In 2015, the TRG put together the Conservative case for Votes...Posted 20 Aug 2018
National Democracy Week: The Conservative case for extending the franchise is stronger than everThe following piece is a guest post by Owen Meredith, National Chairman of the Tory Reform Group. This inaugural National Democracy Week, we should take a moment to remember the sacrifices made by millions to protect...Posted 03 Jul 2018
No more filibustering – why the government should get behind a fairer franchiseScotland has it, Wales is getting it, and more and more politicians are calling for it in England. Yet on Friday, a handful of MPs prevented legislation on votes at 16 going to the next...Posted 15 May 2018