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Lords division · 12 Oct 2021 · No. 3

Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]

Lord Baker of Dorking moved amendment 31, in clause 7, page 9, line 41, at end to insert—“(2A) But no student will be deprived of the right to take two BTECs, AGQ or a Diploma or an extended Diploma.”The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 19

Contents: 148 Not Contents: 129

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 19 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 68
Liberal Democrat 54
Crossbench 10
Non-affiliated 7
Conservative 7
Bishops 1
Green Party 1

Not Contents

Conservative 116
Non-affiliated 6
Crossbench 5
Lord Speaker 1
Democratic 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.

Every vote

Contents (148)

Not Contents (129)

Source: the official Lords division record.