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Lords division · 5 Apr 2017 · No. 2

Higher Education (Basic Amount) (England) Regulations 2016 and the Higher Education (Higher Amount) (England) Regulations 2016

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara moved to resolve that this House regrets that the Higher Education (Basic Amount) (England) Regulations 2016 and the Higher Education (Higher Amount) (England) Regulations 2016 together with retrospectively changed loan conditions for existing students are further incremental burdens on students that risk worsening the opportunities for young people from low-income backgrounds, mature students and those undertaking part-time courses; and calls on Her Majesty’s Government to report annually to Parliament on the impact on the economy of the increasing quantum of graduate debt, estimates of payback rates, and the estimate of the annual cost to the Exchequer of the present system. The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 11

Contents: 174 Not Contents: 163

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 11 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 93
Liberal Democrat 54
Crossbench 15
Non-affiliated 8
Democratic Unionist Party 3
Bishops 1

Not Contents

Conservative 140
Crossbench 11
Non-affiliated 9
Ulster Unionist Party 2
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: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Content), Lord McAvoy (Content), The Earl of Courtown (Not Content), Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (172)

Not Contents (161)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.