10 Years of Votes at 16 in Scotland – My experience in Northern Ireland - Scottish Youth Parliament

10 Years of Votes at 16 in Scotland – My experience in Northern Ireland - Scottish Youth Parliament

In this blog, Marcus Flucker MSYP (Angus South) shares his experiences of attending a Votes at 16 conference in Belfast, organised by Politics in Action, where he and SYP Chair Ellie Craig MSYP spoke about Votes at 16 in Scotland. This year marks 10 years since young people in Scotland were given the right to vote at the age of 16 and 17. Almost everything about the political landscape has changed in since 2015 – but something that remains, is t…