email your MP

We’ve made it really easy for you to contact your local MP. You can now send a fully personalised email to them about Votes at 16 with a few clicks of your mouse.

It’s a really simple way to ask them to support Votes at 16, find out their views and let them know why this campaign is important to you.

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The email message to send to your MP is displayed below. Please make sure you include your address in the email so your MP knows you live in their constituency. MPs are only required to respond to emails from people who they know live in the area they represent. Make sure that you add to it by saying why you care about Votes at 16 and what you have been doing to campaign for Votes at 16. The more you personalise the email and talk about you, the more likely it is that the politician will read it!

Please read and personalise your message. I am writing to ask your opinion on lowering the voting age to 16. I am a supporter of the Votes at 16 campaign because it will engage 16 and 17 year olds at the ballot who hold many responsibilities in our society, empower 16 and 17 year olds to influence decisions that will define their future, and inspire young people to get involved in our democracy. I would like to know your views on lowering the voting age to 16 and engaging young people in politics. In particular, I would like to know whether you think 16 and 17 year olds should be allowed to vote in the upcoming Scottish independence referendum. I would also appreciate it if you could join me as an official supporter of the campaign by visiting http://www.votesat16.org.uk or emailing a message of support to votesat16@byc.org.uk

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We’ve also got the above text in Welsh, which you can copy and put in our form if your MP speaks Welsh (a big thank you to Manon James for this translation):

Ysgrifennaf atoch i ofyn eich barn ynglŷn â gostwng yr oedran pleidleisio i 16. Dwi’n cefnogi ymgyrch ‘Votes at 16’ oherwydd y bydd yn cysylltu pobl ifanc 16 ag 17 mlwydd oed sydd â chyfrifoldebau yn ein cymdeithas yn y bleidlais, rhoi’r pŵer iddynt i ddylanwadu ar benderfyniadau a fydd yn effeithio ar eu dyfodol, ac ysbrydoli pobl ifanc i gymryd rhan yn ein democratiaeth.

Hoffwn wybod eich barn ar ostwng yr oedran pleidleisio i 16 ac ennyn diddordeb pobl ifanc mewn gwleidyddiaeth. Yn benodol, hoffwn wybod os ydych yn credu y dylai pobl ifanc 16 ag 17 mlwydd oed gael yr hawl i bleidleisio yn y refferendwm ar annibyniaeth i’r Alban sydd ar y gweill.

Buaswn hefyd yn gwerthfawrogi petaech yn ymuno â mi fel cefnogwr swyddogol yn yr ymgyrch trwy ymweld â http://www.votesat16.org.uk neu drwy ddanfon neges o gefnogaeth at votesat16@byc.org.uk