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.
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Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | aye |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con | no |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con | no |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | aye |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con | no |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con | tellno |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | aye |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | aye |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab | aye |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab | aye |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | aye |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Teresa Gorman | Billericay | Con | no |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jeff Rooker | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | aye |
| Ms Estelle Morris | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | aye |
| Mr Llew Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab | aye |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab | aye |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab | aye |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab | aye |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab | aye |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab | aye |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | aye |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | aye |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab | aye |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Forth | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | no |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | aye |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | Con | no |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | aye |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab | aye |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab | aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Rhodri Morgan | Cardiff West | Lab | aye |
| Dr Alan Williams | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Lab | aye |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con | no |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab | aye |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab | aye |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | aye |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab | aye |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | aye |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab | aye |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con | no |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | aye |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab | aye |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab | aye |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab | aye |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab | aye |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab | aye |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | aye |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab | aye |
| Rachel Squire | Dunfermline West | Lab | aye |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab | aye |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con | no |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | aye |
| Mr Alastair Goodlad | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Malcolm Chisholm | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dr Lynda Clark | Edinburgh Pentlands | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab | aye |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab | aye |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Twigg | Enfield, Southgate | Lab | aye |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | aye |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab | aye |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab | aye |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con | no |
| Ms Joyce Quin | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab | aye |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab | aye |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab | aye |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Tess Kingham | Gloucester | Lab | aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab | aye |
| Mr Chris Pond | Gravesham | Lab | aye |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab | aye |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Nick St Aubyn | Guildford | Con | no |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | aye |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | aye |
| Sylvia Heal | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | whilst Lab | aye |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab | aye |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab | aye |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ivan Henderson | Harwich | Lab | aye |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | aye |
| Mr Bowen Wells | Hertford and Stortford | Con | no |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | aye |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | aye |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab | aye |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | Con | no |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab | aye |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jamie Cann | Ipswich | Lab | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab | aye |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | aye |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | aye |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab | aye |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | aye |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | aye |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | aye |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab | aye |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con | no |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | no |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab | aye |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ted Rowlands | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con | no |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con | tellno |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | aye |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | aye |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | aye |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Gunnell | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | aye |
| Mr Calum MacDonald | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Lab | aye |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con | no |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con | no |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab | aye |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con | no |
| Mr Giles Radice | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | aye |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con | no |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | aye |
| Dr George Turner | North West Norfolk | Lab | aye |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | aye |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab | aye |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab | aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | aye |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab | aye |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | aye |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab | aye |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab | aye |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab | aye |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Jackie Lawrence | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Lab | aye |
| Ms Audrey Wise | Preston | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab | aye |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | aye |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab | aye |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab | aye |
| Ms Lorna Fitzsimons | Rochdale | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Eileen Gordon | Romford | Lab | aye |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | aye |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab | aye |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab | aye |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paul Marsden | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Lab | aye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con | no |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ian Bruce | South Dorset | Con | no |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab | aye |
| Dr David Clark | South Shields | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Julia Drown | South Swindon | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | aye |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con | no |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab | aye |
| Mr Gerry Bermingham | St Helens South | Lab | aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | aye |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab | aye |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab | aye |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr George Stevenson | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | aye |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con | no |
| Ms Debra Shipley | Stourbridge | Lab | aye |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab | aye |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab | aye |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab | aye |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | aye |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Patrick Nicholls | Teignbridge | Con | no |
| Mr Peter Bradley | The Wrekin | Lab | aye |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con | no |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Bernie Grant | Tottenham | Lab | aye |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Keith Darvill | Upminster | Lab | aye |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | aye |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | aye |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab | aye |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab | aye |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab | aye |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | aye |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab | aye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab | aye |
| Miss Melanie Johnson | Welwyn Hatfield | Lab | aye |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | aye |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab | aye |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab | aye |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | aye |
| Mr Dale Campbell-Savours | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Terry Lewis | Worsley | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Lock | Wyre Forest | Lab | aye |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | aye |
