Including 16-17 year-olds

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In July 2025, the Government announced their intention to reduce the voting age to 16.[1] Following this, some pollsters conducted polling including 16 and 17 year-olds, although the voting age has not yet been reduced.

Dates
conducted
Pollster Client Area Sample
size
Lab Con Ref LD Grn SNP PC Oth Lead
14–18 Jul 2025 Focaldata[2] MultiComms Ltd GB 1,307 23% 19% 26% 14% 9% 2% 1% 5% 3

Some pollsters also conducted polling solely among 16 and 17 year olds, or broke out an oversample of this group.

Dates
conducted
Pollster Client Area Sample
size
Lab Con Ref LD Grn SNP PC Your Oth Lead
Aug 2025 More in Common[3] The Times GB 1,100+ 24% 13% 23% 12% 6% 1% TBA 21% TBA 1
30% 14% 23% 14% 14% 3% TBA TBA 7
14–18 Jul 2025 Focaldata[2] MultiComms Ltd GB 274 (oversample) 35% 11% 17% 7% 19% 4% 1%
6%
4% independents, 2% other parties
16
4–6 Jul 2025 Merlin Strategy[4] ITV News GB 500 33% 10% 20% 12% 18% 2% 0%
6%
3% independents, 3% other parties
13
  1. ^ "Voting Age". House of Commons Library. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Votes at 16 tables, 14-18 July 2025". Google Docs.
  3. ^ Wheeler, Caroline (2025-08-30). "Jeremy Corbyn's new party would split teen vote, poll reveals". The Times. Archived from the original on 2025-08-30. Retrieved 2025-08-31.
  4. ^ "ITV News 16/17 year olds poll". Merlin Strateft.