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The Representation of the People Act 1969 extended suffrage to 18-year-olds, the first democratic nation to lower its age of franchise to include this age group. [1] [3] [4] Previously, only those aged over 21 were permitted to vote.
Representation of the People Acts is a collective title for legislation relating to representation of the people, including Rating Acts and other Registration Acts. [2] The title was first used in the United Kingdom in the 1832 Great Reform Act and was adopted in other countries of, or formerly part of, the British Empire through the spread of ...
Representation of the People Act 1969 ... An Act to free land appurtenant to the former church of Saint Mildred, Bread Street, in the City of London, from the ...
Many major democratic countries, beginning in Western Europe and North America, reduced their voting ages to 18 years during the 1970s, starting with the United Kingdom (Representation of the People Act 1969), [4] [5] [6] Canada, West Germany (1970), the United States (26th Amendment, 1971), Australia (1974), France (1974), Sweden (1975) and ...
Representation of the People Act 1969, expanding the suffrage to all adults over 18 Representation of the People Act 1983 , restricting the right to vote from prisoners Representation of the People Act 1985 and 1989 , allowing expatriates to vote in the last constituency they lived in for a period of 5 (1985), 20 (1989), and, currently, 15 ...
The Bridgwater by-election of 12 March 1970 was the first election in the United Kingdom to be held after the voting age had been reduced from 21 to 18 via the Representation of the People Act 1969. [1] The seat was held by the Conservatives on a turnout of 70.3%. [2]
Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868; Representation of the People Act 1884; Representation of the People Act 1918; Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928; Representation of the People Act 1948; Representation of the People Act 1949; Representation of the People Act 1969; Representation of the People Act 1981 ...
Representation of the People Act 1969; S. Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969; T. Tattooing of Minors Act 1969; Transport (London) Act 1969 This page was last edited on 18 ...