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Lords division · 18 Jul 2000 · No. 1

Learning and Skills [HL]

It was moved by the Baroness Blatch, as an amendment to the motion that the House do agree with the Commons in their amendment, at the end to insert "and do propose the following amendment in lieu of the words so left out of the Bill"– Insert the following new Clause– Moratorium for holding further ballot for retention of selective admission arrangements in grammar schools. (".At the end of section 105(8) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 there shall be inserted "and that period shall be not less than 10 years"."); which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 31

Contents: 206 Not Contents: 237

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 31 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 161
Crossbench 35
Non-affiliated 4
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Independent Socialist 1
Bishops 1
Green Party 1
Lord Speaker 1
Conservative Independent 1

Not Contents

Labour 142
Liberal Democrat 50
Crossbench 19
Non-affiliated 15
Bishops 9
Independent Labour 1
Conservative 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 Burnham (Content), Lord Henley (Content), Lord Carter (Not Content), The Lord McIntosh of Haringey (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (204)

Not Contents (235)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.