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Lords division · 23 Jul 2002 · No. 3

Education Bill

It was moved by the Baroness Ashton of Upholland, as an amendment to amendment 14B, to leave out subsection (1) and insert:“(1) In considering whether to issue any guidance or other circular to the governing bodies or head teachers of maintained schools in the exercise of functions relating to education, the Secretary of State and the National Assembly for Wales shall have regard to— (a) the desirability of providing information about good educational practice, while recognising the professional expertise of teachers, (b) the benefits that are expected to result from the issue of the guidance or other circular, and (c) the desirability of avoiding— (i) the sending of excessive material to governing bodies or head teachers, and (ii) the imposition of excessive administrative burdens on governing bodies or head teachers.”; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 81

Contents: 208 Not Contents: 127

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 81 votes. The Government's position was Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 132
Liberal Democrat 41
Crossbench 23
Non-affiliated 11
Independent Socialist 1

Not Contents

Conservative 114
Crossbench 9
Non-affiliated 2
Ulster Unionist Party 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: Lord Grocott (Content), The Lord McIntosh of Haringey (Content), Lord Cope of Berkeley (Not Content), Baroness Seccombe (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (206)

Not Contents (125)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.