Top Tory Claire Coutinho says 16-year-olds shouldn’t vote because it will ‘distract them from exams’
A senior Toray should not be warned that 16 and 17 -year -old children should not be allowed to vote, because they will take them away from their exams.
Shadow Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho said that if the voting age is reduced, he would face choosing between focusing on his work or led Staying to follow political debates ”.
High -level deputy said that the elections were generally in May, June and July, and that the students did not need to “drift this additional politics”.
The voting age announced a movement to be reduced to 16 for the next election, allowing the government to allow about 1.5 million more young people to make a ballot.
The change will make the UK -wide elections compatible with Scotland and Wales when the country went to surveys due to the last summer of 2029.
The “seismic” development, which is a part of a precaution to be introduced through a new election invoice, has been the biggest change in voters since 1969, when the voting age was reduced from 21 to 18.
Keir Starmer encouraged their 16 and 17 -year -old children to vote in the next elections.
No 10 said the Prime Minister would definitely encourage them to be as engaged in the future of their country ”.
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said: “Our democracy has been damaged the trust of the public for a long time and the belief in our institutions was allowed to decrease.
Uz We take action to destroy the obstacles of participation that will enable more people to participate in the British democracy.
Ministers, sixteen -year -olds already work, pay taxes and serve in the army.
However, Ms. Coutinho, who spoke with Times Radio, said, “Okay, can you imagine that I am so right? This is a new right. There is an exam season, but maybe I should stay to watch this political debate.
“Maybe I have to campaign there. Personally, I think 18 right age.
“What I am worried about and I talk as a new mother, I don’t think the elections are usually in May, June, July, and those who are 16 and 17 need pressure to drift into this additional politics.”
