Opposition Day — Examination Reform — 16 Jan 2013 at 15:49

Stewart Jackson MP, Peterborough voted to introduce English Baccalaureate Certificates.

The majority of MPs voted against introducing English Baccalaureate Certificates.

The motion rejected in this vote was:

  • That this House
  • notes the breadth of opposition from business, the creative industries, champions of vocational education and schools to the Government’s plans to introduce English Baccalaureate Certificates; and
  • calls on the Government to rethink its plans.

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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
Alliance0 10100.0%
Con254 (+1 tell) 0183.9%
DUP6 0075.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent1 00100.0%
Lab0 230 (+2 tell)089.9%
LDem46 (+1 tell) 0082.5%
PC0 30100.0%
SDLP0 30100.0%
Total:307 238186.3%

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

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Andrew PercyBrigg and GooleCon (front bench)both

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