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Lords division · 26 Oct 2011 · No. 1

Education Bill

Baroness Hughes of Stretford moved amendment 70A, in clause 36, page 34, to leave out line 20 and insert: “(1) Where a new school is to be established there should be local determination as to the appropriate category of new school, based on a local assessment of need and local consultation, including with parents and the local authority. (2) The category of the new school shall not be presumed prior to the assessment of need and consultation with parents in subsection (1). (3) The Secretary of State shall not provide a funding incentive which supports one category of school over another.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 59

Contents: 176 Not Contents: 235

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 59 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 137
Crossbench 28
Non-affiliated 8
Independent Labour 1
Plaid Cymru 1
Bishops 1

Not Contents

Conservative 127
Liberal Democrat 55
Crossbench 39
Non-affiliated 9
Democratic Unionist Party 3
Lord Speaker 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 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 (174)

Not Contents (233)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.