§ 59. Sir EVELYN CECILasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can obtain information in what countries having Parliamentary Government the age for qualification as a voter exceeds 21; what is the qualifying age in each of these countries, respectively; and whether, in each case, both sexes are included or what differences are drawn between them?
The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Locker-LampsonAs the reply is rather long, and is best presented in tabular form, I will, with my right hon. Friend's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
| — | Upper Chamber. | Lower Chamber. |
| Argentine Republic— | ||
| Men | 18 | 18 |
| Women | No franchise | No franchise |
| Austria— | Not a popularly elected chamber. | |
| men | 20 | |
| women | 20 | |
| Belgium— | ||
| men | 21 | 21 |
| women* | 21 | 21 |
| Czechoslovakia— | ||
| men | 26 | 21 |
| women | 26 | 26 |
| Denmark— | ||
| men | 35 | 25 |
| women | 35 | 25 |
| Finland— | There is no Second Chamber. | |
| men | 24 | |
| Women | 24 | |
| * In Belgium only the following women may vote in parliamentary elections:- |
§ (1) Widows, not re-married, of soldier killed in the Great War: widows of Belgian citizens killed by the enemy during the War, or, failing them, their mothers, if the latter are widows.
§ (2) Widowed mothers of bachelor soldiers killed in the War.
§ (3) Women condemned to imprisonment or subjected to preventive detention, for political reasons, during the enemy occupation of Belgium.
1837| — | Upper Chamber | Lower Chamber |
| France— | ||
| men | 21 | 21 |
| Women | No franchise | No franchise |
| Germany— | Not a popularly elected Chamber. | |
| Men | 20 | |
| Women | 20 | |
| Greece— | There is no second Chamber. | |
| Men | 21 | |
| Women | No franchise. | |
| Italy— | There is no second Chamber. | |
| Men | 21 | |
| Women | No franchise. | |
| Japan— | There is no second Chamber. | |
| Men | 25 | |
| Women | No franchise. | |
| Netherlands— | ||
| Men | 25 | 25 |
| Women | 25 | 25 |
| Norway— | There is no second Chamber. | |
| Men | 23 | |
| Women | 23 | |
| Poland— | ||
| Men | 30 | 21 |
| Women | 30 | 21 |
| Portugal— | ||
| Men | 21 | 21 |
| Women | No franchise | No franchise |
| Rumania— | ||
| Men | 40 | 21 |
| Women | No franchise | No franchise |
| Serb-Croat-Slovene State— | There is no second Chamber. | |
| Men | 21 | |
| Women | No franchise | |
| Spain— | ||
| Men | Parliamentary are at institutions are at present in abeyance | |
| Women | ||
| Sweden— | ||
| Men | 27 | 23 |
| Women | 27 | 23 |
| Switzerland— | ||
| Men | 20 | 20 |
| Women | No franchise | No franchise |
| United States of America— | ||
| Men | 21 | 21 |
| Women | 21 | 21 |