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Lords division · 25 Jan 2016 · No. 3

Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara moved that this House regrets that the Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2015, which change the existing student support arrangements so that new students starting full-time courses after 1 September 2016 will no longer qualify for a means-tested maintenance grant, will result in a significant decrease in participation in higher education by those in low-income groups, older students, female students, and students from ethnic minorities (SI 2015/1951). The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 17

Contents: 138 Not Contents: 155

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 17 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 93
Liberal Democrat 26
Crossbench 11
Non-affiliated 7
Conservative 1

Not Contents

Conservative 136
Non-affiliated 9
Crossbench 9
Ulster Unionist Party 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), Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Not Content), Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (136)

Not Contents (153)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.