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Lords division · 13 Jul 2010 · No. 2

Academies Bill [HL]

Lord Whitty moved amendment 3, in clause 3, page 3, line 4, at end to insert: “(1A) Before making an application for an Academy order, the governing body shall consult relevant parties on whether to make such an application. (1B) The Secretary of State shall issue guidance as to how governing bodies should conduct such a consultation with parents, pupils, teaching and non-teaching staff and their representatives, neighbouring schools and the local authority and such other parties as he may think appropriate; such guidance would also specify the information that should be made available to consultees in relation to the proposed arrangements for Academy status.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 47

Contents: 163 Not Contents: 210

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 47 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 132
Crossbench 20
Non-affiliated 10
Independent Labour 1

Not Contents

Conservative 121
Liberal Democrat 43
Crossbench 34
Non-affiliated 8
Democratic Unionist Party 2
Lord Speaker 1
Bishops 1

The party breakdowns are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

Peers attend divisions ad hoc, so there is no did-not-vote list. Tellers are counted in the Content and Not Content totals, unlike in the Commons.

Tellers: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Content), Lord Tunnicliffe (Content), Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Not Content), Lord Shutt of Greetland (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (161)

Not Contents (208)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.