Sir Keir Starmer this week vowed to reduce the voting age to 16 by the next election, opening the door for more than a million teenagers to have their say about the leadership of the country.
The impact could be seismic. Last year’s election saw dozens of MPs win their seats by small margins – including seven seats which were decided by fewer than 100 votes – and the introduction of this new cohort of young voters could be decisive in key areas.
