Petitions/Change the legal age of consent to intercourse to 18
StatusClosed
Opened12 Dec 2025
Closes12 Jun 2026
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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To change the legal age of sexual consent to 18 instead of 16

Legally you are not classed as an adult until you are 18 - at 16 you cannot buy alcohol or tobacco, get a tattoo, serve on a jury, buy fireworks, get married without parental permission, have a credit card and/or buy lottery tickets and scratchcards and you are still a child and tried as a child if you break the law. Children do not have the mentality to be able to consent to have sexual intercourse or to have a child.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Lauren Edwards
1Lauren Edwards MP
Rochester and Strood
3
Ian Sollom
2Ian Sollom MP
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
3
Torsten Bell
3Torsten Bell MP
Swansea West
3
Sean Woodcock
4Sean Woodcock MP
Banbury
2
Daniel Francis
5Daniel Francis MP
Bexleyheath and Crayford
2
Shabana Mahmood
6Shabana Mahmood MP
Birmingham Ladywood
2
Catherine Atkinson
7Catherine Atkinson MP
Derby North
2
Baggy Shanker
8Baggy Shanker MP
Derby South
2
Mims Davies
9Mims Davies MP
East Grinstead and Uckfield
2
Melanie Onn
10Melanie Onn MP
Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
2
Change the legal age of consent to intercourse to 18 — Petitions