Academies Bill — Third Reading — 26 Jul 2010 at 21:58
The majority of MPs voted to approve the third reading of the Academies Bill[1] ie. for it to be passed by the House of Commons.
The Bill enables more schools in England to gain "Academy Status" ie. financial independence and removal from local authority control.
The Bill is now an Act[2]
- [1] Academies Bill
- [2] Academies Act 2010
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 |
| Alliance | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Con | 275 (+1 tell) | 0 | 0 | 90.2% |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25.0% |
| Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 220 (+2 tell) | 0 | 86.0% |
| LDem | 40 (+1 tell) | 3 | 0 | 77.2% |
| Total: | 317 | 225 | 0 | 86.5% |
All MPs Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes MPs who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.
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