lower voting age, first established in March 2018. The purpose of the APPG is to bring together key voices from across Parliament to listen to evidence on the case for votes at 16, and to present this evidence to the Government. The APPG currently has Co-Chairs from the major parties. They are Peter Bottomley, Vicky Foxcroft, Alison Thewliss, Wendy Chamberlain, Liz Saville-Roberts and Caroline Lucas. The APPG's secretariat is the British Youth Council. At the APPG's AGM held on Tuesday 2 April 2019, the Group published a Campaign Report reflecting on progress over the previous year. Voting age lowered to 16 for Welsh elections (2019–2020) The Welsh Assembly signalled its support for Votes at 16 and included the issue in a wider consultation on local government reform in 2019. In January 2020, legislation was passed to reduce the voting age to 16 for local elections and Senedd elections in Wales, which was active for the first time in the May 2021 Senedd election. References External links Official website Politics of the United Kingdom Youth rights Electoral reform in the United Kingdom