Teaching and Higher Education Bill [Lords] — 1 Jul 1998
Ian Stewart MP, Eccles voted not to exempt students at Scottish universities from tuition fees in the 4th year of their degrees.
The majority of MPs voted not to exempt students at Scottish universities from paying fees in the 4th year of their degrees and not to allow the waiver of fees in the 4th year of degree courses at English universities.
Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.
What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.
Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 0 | 133 (+2 tell) | 0 | 83.3% |
Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 325 (+2 tell) | 1 | 0 | 78.5% |
LDem | 0 | 42 | 0 | 91.3% |
PC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25.0% |
SNP | 0 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% |
UUP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30.0% |
Total: | 325 | 185 | 0 | 79.4% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by party
MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Dennis Canavan | Falkirk West | whilst Lab | no |