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Huebner, C. 
ORCID: 0000-0003-0321-2546, Smith, K., Mycock, A., Loughran, T. and Eichorn, J.,
2021.
Making votes-at-16 work in Wales: lessons for the future.
Nottingham: Nottingham Trent University.
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Abstract
The 2021 Senedd election was the first election in which young people aged 16 and 17 were enfranchised to vote in Wales. The election came with a range of unique challenges, not the least because of the coronavirus pandemic. Given these challenges, how did young people experience the election and what worked to mobilise 16- and 17-year-olds to vote? Based on large-scale qualitative research with 16- and 17- year-olds across Wales and with stakeholders involved in youth work and youth democratic engagement, this report provides a comprehensive look into how the pioneering generation enfranchised to vote at age 16 in Wales experienced the 2021 Senedd election and analyses what can be learnt for young people’s engagement in future elections and youth political engagement in Wales.
The findings highlight that young people in Wales faced a range of barriers to turning out to vote in the 2021 Senedd election – some exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, others that would have materialised regardless of the pandemic. Some young people were better placed than others to overcome these barriers, and experiences of engagement with the election varied considerably among young people from different social groups and different parts of Wales.
| Item Type: | Research report for external body | ||||
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| Description: | Commissioning Body: The UK Democracy Fund | ||||
| Creators: | Huebner, C., Smith, K., Mycock, A., Loughran, T. and Eichorn, J. | ||||
| Publisher: | Nottingham Trent University | ||||
| Place of Publication: | Nottingham | ||||
| Date: | 1 November 2021 | ||||
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| Rights: | © Nottingham Trent University 2021. Some rights reserved. This work is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial - ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ | ||||
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences | ||||
| Record created by: | Laura Ward | ||||
| Date Added: | 01 Dec 2023 09:46 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 01 Dec 2023 09:46 | ||||
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| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/50479 |
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