Education (Schools) Bill — 5 Jun 1997
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MPs
for which their vote in this division differed
from the majority vote of their party are marked in red.
Also shows which MPs
were ministers at the time of this vote.
You can also see every eligible MP
including those who did not vote in this division.
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con | tellno |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | Con | no |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con | no |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con | no |
| Mr Ian Bruce | South Dorset | Con | no |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con | no |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con | no |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con | no |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | no |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | no |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | no |
| Eric Forth | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | no |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con | no |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mrs Teresa Gorman | Billericay | Con | no |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | no |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con | no |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con | no |
| Mr Andrew Hunter | Basingstoke | Con | no |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con | no |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con | no |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con | no |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con | no |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con | no |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con | no |
| Mr John MacGregor | South Norfolk | Con | no |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | Con | no |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con | no |
| Mr Piers Merchant | Beckenham | Con | no |
| Mr Patrick Nicholls | Teignbridge | Con | no |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con | no |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con | no |
| Mr Nick St Aubyn | Guildford | Con | no |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con | no |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con | no |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | no |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con | no |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | aye |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab | aye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Joe Ashton | Bassetlaw | Lab | aye |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab | aye |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Benn | Chesterfield | Lab | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab | aye |
| Mr Gerry Bermingham | St Helens South | Lab | aye |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | aye |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | aye |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab | aye |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | aye |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab | aye |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Peter Bradley | The Wrekin | Lab | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab | aye |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | aye |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab | aye |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab | aye |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | aye |
| Mr Dale Campbell-Savours | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Jamie Cann | Ipswich | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab | aye |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab | aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab | aye |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab | aye |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab | aye |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | aye |
| Malcolm Chisholm | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | aye |
| Dr David Clark | South Shields | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab | aye |
| Dr Lynda Clark | Edinburgh Pentlands | Lab | aye |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab | aye |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | aye |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab | aye |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab | aye |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | aye |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab | aye |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab | aye |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab | aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab | aye |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab | aye |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab | aye |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Keith Darvill | Upminster | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | aye |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab | aye |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | aye |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | aye |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | aye |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab | aye |
| Ms Julia Drown | South Swindon | Lab | aye |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab | aye |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab | aye |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | aye |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | aye |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab | aye |
| Ms Lorna Fitzsimons | Rochdale | Lab | aye |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Derek Foster | Bishop Auckland | Lab | aye |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | aye |
| Sam Galbraith | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Galloway | Glasgow Kelvin | Lab | aye |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab | aye |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | aye |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | aye |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab | aye |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | aye |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Llin Golding | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Eileen Gordon | Romford | Lab | aye |
| Tommy Graham | West Renfrewshire | whilst Lab | aye |
| Mr Bernie Grant | Tottenham | Lab | aye |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | aye |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Gunnell | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | aye |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | aye |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab | aye |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab | aye |
| Sylvia Heal | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | whilst Lab | aye |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ivan Henderson | Harwich | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab | aye |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab | aye |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Hinchliffe | Wakefield | Lab | aye |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab | aye |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | aye |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab | aye |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | aye |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Miss Melanie Johnson | Welwyn Hatfield | Lab | aye |
| Fiona Jones | Newark | Lab | aye |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab | aye |
| Ms Jenny Jones | Wolverhampton South West | Lab | aye |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | aye |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab | aye |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | aye |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab | aye |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab | aye |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | aye |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | aye |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Tess Kingham | Gloucester | Lab | aye |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Jackie Lawrence | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Lab | aye |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab | aye |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | aye |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | aye |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Terry Lewis | Worsley | Lab | aye |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | aye |
| Ken Livingstone | Brent East | whilst Lab | aye |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr David Lock | Wyre Forest | Lab | aye |
| Mr Calum MacDonald | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Lab | aye |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab | aye |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | aye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | aye |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | aye |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paul Marsden | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Lab | aye |
| Dr Jim Marshall | Leicester South | Lab | aye |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Maxton | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab | aye |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab | aye |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | aye |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab | aye |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | aye |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Lab | aye |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | aye |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab | aye |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab | aye |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab | aye |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | aye |
| Dr Lewis Moonie | Kirkcaldy | Lab | aye |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab | aye |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Rhodri Morgan | Cardiff West | Lab | aye |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Estelle Morris | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sir John Morris | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab | aye |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab | aye |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | aye |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab | aye |
| Mr Martin O'Neill | Ochil | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | aye |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr | Lab | aye |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | aye |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tom Pendry | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab | aye |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | aye |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | aye |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab | aye |
| Mr Chris Pond | Gravesham | Lab | aye |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | aye |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | aye |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | aye |
| Ms Joyce Quin | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab | aye |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab | aye |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab | aye |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | aye |
| John Reid | Hamilton North and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr George Robertson | Hamilton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Jeff Rooker | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ted Rowlands | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab | aye |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab | aye |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab | aye |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | aye |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | aye |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab | aye |
| Mr Robert Sheldon | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Debra Shipley | Stourbridge | Lab | aye |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab | aye |
| Mr Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | aye |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab | aye |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | aye |
| Mr Llew Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab | aye |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab | aye |
| Rachel Squire | Dunfermline West | Lab | aye |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab | aye |
| Mr George Stevenson | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | aye |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab | aye |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab | aye |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab | aye |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab | aye |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | aye |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab | aye |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab | aye |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | aye |
| Mr Dennis Turner | Wolverhampton South East | Lab | aye |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | aye |
| Dr George Turner | North West Norfolk | Lab | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Twigg | Enfield, Southgate | Lab | aye |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | aye |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab | aye |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | aye |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab | aye |
| Dr Alan Williams | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Lab | aye |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | aye |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | aye |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab | aye |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab | aye |
| Ms Audrey Wise | Preston | Lab | aye |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab | aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | aye |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab | aye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr David Chidgey | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Inverness West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | aye |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | aye |
