School Admissions (Prohibition of Religious Discrimination) — 25 Feb 2004 at 12:41

Theresa May MP, Maidenhead voted with the majority (No).

I beg to move,

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to prohibit discrimination on religious grounds in admissions to maintained schools.

Question put, pursuant to Standing Order No. 23 (Motions for leave to bring in Bills and nomination of Select Committees at commencement of public business):-

The House divided: Ayes 33, Noes 157.

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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.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con90 1056.2%
Independent0 1050.0%
Independent Conservative1 0050.0%
Lab39 (+2 tell) 18114.7%
LDem21 10 (+2 tell)061.1%
PC3 10100.0%
UUP2 1060.0%
Total:156 32130.3%

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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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Crispin BluntReigateCon (front bench)aye
Mr Harry BarnesNorth East DerbyshireLabaye
Roger BerryKingswoodLabaye
Colin ChallenMorley and RothwellLabaye
David ChaytorBury NorthLabaye
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabaye
Ann CryerKeighleyLabaye
Mrs Valerie DaveyBristol WestLabaye
Wayne DavidCaerphillyLab (minister)aye
Ian DavidsonGlasgow PollokLab (minister)aye
Jeff EnnisBarnsley East and MexboroughLabaye
Ian GibsonNorwich NorthLabaye
Mr Jon Owen JonesCardiff CentralLabaye
Mrs Alice MahonHalifaxLabaye
Robert Marshall-AndrewsMedwayLabaye
Mr Phil SawfordKetteringLabaye
Mr Brian SedgemoreHackney South and ShoreditchLabaye
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLab (minister)aye
Mr Gerry SteinbergCity of DurhamLabaye
Barry SheermanHuddersfieldLab (minister)both
Malcolm BruceGordonLDem (front bench)tellaye
Alistair CarmichaelOrkney and ShetlandLDem (front bench)aye
Mike HancockPortsmouth SouthLDem (front bench)aye
Evan HarrisOxford West and AbingdonLDemaye
Paul HolmesChesterfieldLDem (front bench)tellaye
Mr Paul MarsdenShrewsbury and Atchamwhilst LDem (front bench)aye
Alan ReidArgyll and ButeLDem (front bench)aye
Mr David RendelNewburyLDem (front bench)aye
Adrian SandersTorbayLDem (front bench)aye
Dr Jenny TongeRichmond ParkLDemaye
Mr Paul TylerNorth CornwallLDem (front bench)aye
Roger WilliamsBrecon and RadnorshireLDem (front bench)aye
Adam PriceCarmarthen East and DinefwrPC (front bench)aye
Rt Hon David TrimbleUpper BannUUP (front bench)aye

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