Local Government Bill — Maintain Prohibition on Promotion of Homosexuality (Section 28) — 10 Mar 2003 at 19:29
David Curry MP, Skipton and Ripon voted to repeal a ban on the promotion of homosexuality in schools.
The majority of MPs voted to repeal a ban on the promotion of homosexuality in schools.
The Majority of MPs voted to keep a clause in the Local Government Bill[1] designed to repeal the section in the Local Government Act 1986 that says:[2]
A local authority shall not
- intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality;
- promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship.
The insertion of this section into the law had been as a result of the controversial Section 28 which was part of the Local Government Act 1988.[3]
The amendment which was rejected by the majority of MPs taking part in this vote was:
- Amendment: No. 8, in page 70, line 41, leave out Clause 119.
Clause 119 of the Bill became clause 122 in the Act[4] and stated:
- Section 2A of the Local Government Act 1986 (c. 10) (local authorities prohibited from promoting homosexuality) ceases to have effect.
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- [1] Local Government Bill, Clause 119, 13 February 2003
- [2] Local Government Act 1986, Clause 2A, Prohibition on promoting homosexuality by teaching or by publishing material
- [3] Local Government Act 1988, Section 28
- [4] Clause 122 of the Local Government Act 2003
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 (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 23 | 71 (+2 tell) | 0 | 58.9% |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent Conservative | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 301 (+2 tell) | 3 | 0 | 74.6% |
LDem | 38 | 0 | 0 | 71.7% |
PC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
UUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
Total: | 368 | 76 | 0 | 70.2% |
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
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