Teaching and Higher Education Bill [Lords] — 16 Mar 1998
Main Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 62 (Amendment on Second or Third Reading):--
The House divided: Ayes 290, Noes 51.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Sir John Morris | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | aye |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Barry Jones | Alyn and Deeside | Lab | aye |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Welsh | Angus | SNP | no |
| Mrs Ray Michie | Argyll and Bute | LDem | no |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Robert Sheldon | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alex Salmond | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | aye |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab | aye |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab | aye |
| Mr Joe Ashton | Bassetlaw | Lab | aye |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | aye |
| Martin Smyth | Belfast South | UUP | no |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ms Oona King | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | aye |
| Mr Robin Corbett | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab | aye |
| Ms Estelle Morris | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Derek Foster | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | aye |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab | aye |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab | aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | aye |
| Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab | aye |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab | aye |
| Mr Richard Livsey | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Paul Boateng | Brent South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab | aye |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | aye |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab | aye |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | aye |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | aye |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | aye |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | aye |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | aye |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ron Davies | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Robert Maclennan | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Rhodri Morgan | Cardiff West | Lab | aye |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | aye |
| Dr Alan Williams | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Lab | aye |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab | aye |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mrs Christine Butler | Castle Point | Lab | aye |
| Henry McLeish | Central Fife | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Cynog Dafis | Ceredigion | PC | no |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab | aye |
| Mr Nigel Jones | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab | aye |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jimmy Hood | Clydesdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem | no |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab | aye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | aye |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab | aye |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Brian Wilson | Cunninghame North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Judith Church | Dagenham | Lab | aye |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab | aye |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | aye |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab | aye |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab | aye |
| John McFall | Dumbarton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab | aye |
| Rachel Squire | Dunfermline West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | aye |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab | aye |
| Mr Roy Beggs | East Antrim | UUP | no |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab | aye |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Home Robertson | East Lothian | Lab | aye |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Chidgey | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | aye |
| Malcolm Chisholm | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab | aye |
| Dr Lynda Clark | Edinburgh Pentlands | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Donald Gorrie | Edinburgh West | LDem | no |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab | aye |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Twigg | Enfield, Southgate | Lab | aye |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab | aye |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab | aye |
| Ms Joyce Quin | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jimmy Wray | Glasgow Baillieston | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Maxton | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab | aye |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | aye |
| Ms Tess Kingham | Gloucester | Lab | aye |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Chris Pond | Gravesham | Lab | aye |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab | aye |
| Dr Norman Godman | Greenock and Inverclyde | Lab | aye |
| Sylvia Heal | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | whilst Lab | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab | aye |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | aye |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab | aye |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Peter Mandelson | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ivan Henderson | Harwich | Lab | aye |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | aye |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab | aye |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem | no |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | aye |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | aye |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | aye |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jamie Cann | Ipswich | Lab | aye |
| Dr Peter Brand | Isle of Wight | LDem | no |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | aye |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab | aye |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | aye |
| Dr Lewis Moonie | Kirkcaldy | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab | aye |
| Mr Derek Fatchett | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab | aye |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | aye |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Lawrence Cunliffe | Leigh | Lab | aye |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | aye |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | aye |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | aye |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | aye |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab | aye |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab | aye |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | no |
| Mr Ted Rowlands | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | aye |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab | aye |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | aye |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | no |
| Margaret Ewing | Moray | SNP | no |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | aye |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Calum MacDonald | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | no |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Llin Golding | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab | aye |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | tellno |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem | no |
| Mr Giles Radice | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | aye |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab | aye |
| John Swinney | North Tayside | SNP | no |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | aye |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab | aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | aye |
| Mr Martin O'Neill | Ochil | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab | aye |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Wallace | Orkney and Shetland | LDem | no |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem | no |
| Mrs Irene Adams | Paisley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | aye |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Perth | SNP | no |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab | aye |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab | aye |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | 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 (minister) | aye |
| Mr Allan Rogers | Rhondda | Lab | aye |
| Dr Jenny Tonge | Richmond Park | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ms Lorna Fitzsimons | Rochdale | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Eileen Gordon | Romford | Lab | aye |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Inverness West | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | aye |
| Mr Archy Kirkwood | Roxburgh and Berwickshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab | aye |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab | aye |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab | aye |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Bill Michie | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | aye |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab | aye |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Paul Marsden | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Lab | aye |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab | aye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem | 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 |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ronnie Fearn | Southport | LDem | no |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Gerry Bermingham | St Helens South | Lab | aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | aye |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tom Pendry | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab | aye |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab | aye |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab | aye |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | aye |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab | aye |
| Mr George Stevenson | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | aye |
| Sam Galbraith | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab | aye |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | aye |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab | aye |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | aye |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Martin Bell | Tatton | Independent | no |
| Mrs Jackie Ballard | Taunton | LDem | no |
| Mr Peter Bradley | The Wrekin | Lab | aye |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | tellno |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr John Burnett | Torridge and West Devon | LDem | no |
| Michael Moore | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Keith Darvill | Upminster | Lab | aye |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | aye |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Hinchliffe | Wakefield | Lab | aye |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | aye |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab | aye |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab | aye |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | aye |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab | aye |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | aye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab | aye |
| Miss Melanie Johnson | Welwyn Hatfield | Lab | aye |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem | no |
| Mr Peter Snape | West Bromwich East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | aye |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Roger Stott | Wigan | Lab | aye |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab | aye |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem | no |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Dennis Turner | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Jenny Jones | Wolverhampton South West | Lab | aye |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | aye |
| Mr Dale Campbell-Savours | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr David Lock | Wyre Forest | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paddy Ashdown | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | no |
