School Standards and Framework Bill — End Partial Selection of Pupils — rejected — 24 Mar 1998
The majority No voters rejected an amendment[1] to the School Standards and Framework Bill. The amendment would have, in the words of Don Foster MP, ended "partial selection [of pupils] where it exists and ensure that there is no opportunity for further extension of partial selection in our schools."[2] However, it was defeated.
The School Standards and Framework Bill's main aims were to[3]:
- Limit infant class sizes to a maximum of 30
- Abolish grant-maintained schools
- Allow local communities to vote to abolish grammar schools
- Establish an Admissions Code for schools and set up the Office of Schools Adjudicator to enforce this code
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- [1] Don Foster MP, House of Commons, 24 March 1998
- [2] Don Foster MP, House of Commons, 24 March 1998
- [3] Wikipedia entry, retrieved on 2010-01-30
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 (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 284 (+2 tell) | 2 | 0 | 69.1% |
| LDem | 0 | 37 (+2 tell) | 0 | 84.8% |
| PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% |
| UUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.0% |
| Total: | 284 | 44 | 0 | 51.9% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by name
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
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Mr Tony Benn | Chesterfield | Lab | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |