Opposition Day — [5th allotted day] — Higher Education — ELQ funding — 8 Jan 2008 at 21:42
David Simpson MP, Upper Bann voted in the minority (No).
'That this House supports the Government's decision to reprioritise some funding currently supporting the teaching of higher education students who already hold an equivalent or higher qualification, in order to enable approximately 20,000 additional full-time equivalent students to enter higher education for the first time; notes the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) consultation which proposes that transitional protection will be put into place to ensure that no provider loses in cash terms, that the change to the funding methodology will protect Foundation Degrees, employer co-financed programmes, and strategic subjects, and that the premium paid to support the costs of part-time provision will be increased; notes that HEFCE and Ministers have been engaging constructively with the Open University and Birkbeck on this issue; and believes that the Government is right to give priority to first-time students.'.This amended version was passed.
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 | 171 (+2 tell) | 0 | 89.2% |
DUP | 0 | 5 | 0 | 55.6% |
Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50.0% |
Lab | 287 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 82.1% |
LDem | 0 | 50 | 0 | 79.4% |
PC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
SNP | 0 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% |
Total: | 287 | 233 | 0 | 83.0% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by party
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