Education Bill [HL] — 2 Mar 2005 at 17:10

moved Amendment No. 4:

After Clause 70, insert the following new clause-

"CLOSURE OF SPECIAL SCHOOLS: STATUTORY CONSULTATION

No local authority in England or Wales shall close a special school without first consulting-

(a) all local authorities that send pupils to the special school in question, and

(b) all registered parents of registered pupils in attendance at the special school in question."

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 4) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 148; Not-Contents, 126.

Debate in Parliament | Historical Hansard | Source |

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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 is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Content)Minority (Not-Content)Turnout
Bishop0 28.0%
Con74 (+1 tell) 035.9%
Crossbench22 314.1%
Lab0 118 (+2 tell)58.3%
LDem47 (+1 tell) 069.6%
Total:143 12339.4%

Rebel Voters - sorted by vote

Lords 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 lord who could have voted in this division

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NamePartyVote
Lord Boston of FavershamCrossbenchno
Lord Chorley Crossbenchno
Lord Moser Crossbench (front bench)no

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