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Lords division · 16 Dec 2015 · No. 2

Education and Adoption Bill

Lord Storey moved amendment 15D, in clause 7, page 6, line 8, at end to insert: “( ) In determining whether to make an Academy order in respect of a maintained school in England, the Secretary of State must consider the availability of a suitable sponsor with a value added measure above the national average. ( ) If no suitable sponsor is available, the Secretary of State must appoint as a sponsor a willing council-maintained school or local authority with a value added measure above the national average.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 136

Contents: 73 Not Contents: 209

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 136 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Liberal Democrat 66
Crossbench 3
Non-affiliated 3
Conservative 1

Not Contents

Conservative 169
Crossbench 24
Non-affiliated 10
Bishops 2
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Lord Speaker 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: Baroness Humphreys (Content), Lord Newby (Content), Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Not Content), Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (71)

Not Contents (206)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.