Further and Higher Education (Access) Bill — Second Reading — Selection on Merit — 4 Mar 2011 at 13:41

The majority of MPs voted against requiring further and higher education institutions in receipt of public funds to consider applicants from England on the basis of merit alone. This would apply to courses of study below post-graduate level and be subject to exemptions.

MPs were considering the Further and Higher Education (Access) Bill[1]. The motion rejected in this vote was:

  • That the Bill be now read a Second time

The rejection of this motion meant the Bill made no further progress towards becoming law.

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All Votes Cast - sorted by constituency

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party are marked in red. Also shows which MPs were ministers at the time of this vote. You can also see every eligible MP including those who did not vote in this division.

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Damian GreenAshfordCon (front bench)no
Bob StewartBeckenhamCon (front bench)no
Nick GibbBognor Regis and LittlehamptonCon (front bench)no
Bob NeillBromley and ChislehurstCon (front bench)no
George EusticeCamborne and RedruthCon (front bench)no
Greg HandsChelsea and FulhamConno
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)aye
David MundellDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleCon (front bench)no
Steve PoundEaling NorthLab (minister)no
Nick de BoisEnfield NorthCon (front bench)no
Mike FreerFinchley and Golders GreenCon (front bench)no
Mark HarperForest of DeanCon (front bench)no
Rehman ChishtiGillingham and RainhamConno
Mike PenningHemel HempsteadCon (front bench)no
Jonathan DjanoglyHuntingdonCon (front bench)no
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)tellaye
Edward DaveyKingston and SurbitonLDem (front bench)no
Philip DunneLudlowCon (front bench)tellno
Jacob Rees-MoggNorth East SomersetCon (front bench)no
Bill WigginNorth HerefordshireCon (front bench)tellno
Chloe SmithNorwich NorthCon (front bench)no
James BrokenshireOld Bexley and SidcupCon (front bench)no
Stephen CrabbPreseli PembrokeshireCon (front bench)no
Mark RecklessRochester and StroodCon (front bench)aye
Nick HurdRuislip, Northwood and PinnerCon (front bench)no
Philip DaviesShipleyCon (front bench)aye
Julian SmithSkipton and RiponConno
James PaiceSouth East CambridgeshireCon (front bench)no
John HayesSouth Holland and The DeepingsCon (front bench)no
Andrew RobathanSouth LeicestershireCon (front bench)no
David GaukeSouth West HertfordshireCon (front bench)no
Elizabeth TrussSouth West NorfolkCon (front bench)no
Therese CoffeySuffolk CoastalConno
Jeremy BrowneTaunton DeaneLDem (front bench)no
Steve WebbThornbury and YateLDem (front bench)no
Greg ClarkTunbridge WellsCon (front bench)no
John RandallUxbridge and South RuislipCon (front bench)no
Charles HendryWealdenCon (front bench)no
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)tellaye
Jonathan LordWokingConno

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