The reduction of the voting age to 16 in the United Kingdom was first given serious consideration on 15 December 1999, when the House of Commons considered in Committee an amendment proposed by Simon Hughes to the Representation of the People Bill.
在英國，最早有關把投票年齡下調至16歲的提案發生於1999年12月15日，當時英國下議院在一個工作會議中考慮由Simon Hughes提出對於Representation of the People Bill草案的修訂。