Education Bill — Abolish selection by aptitude in state schools — rejected — 6 Feb 2002 at 22:45

The majority No voters rejected a new clause[1] for the Education Bill.The clause would have removed the ability of state schools to select pupils by aptitude (except if the selection arrangements predated the 1997-8 school year and had been in force continuously since). However, the amendment was defeated.

The main aims of the Education Bill were to[2]:

  • Allow schools to exempt themselves from laws which prevented them from innovating. However, this is dependent on the Secretary of State's approval.
  • Give good schools the option of qualifying for greater flexibility in the National Curriculum and teachers' pay.
  • Allow schools to join together in a federation under a single governing body.
  • Further regulate school admissions, exclusions and attendance policies.
  • Give the Secretary of State further powers to intervene in failing schools.
  • Introduce a new regulatory regime for independent schools.

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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
Con137 0083.5%
DUP3 0060.0%
Lab278 (+2 tell) 18173.1%
LDem0 40 (+2 tell)079.2%
PC0 3075.0%
UUP1 0016.7%
Total:419 61175.7%

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Mr Andrew BennettDenton and ReddishLabaye
Ronnie CampbellBlyth ValleyLabaye
David ChaytorBury NorthLabaye
Michael ClaphamBarnsley West and PenistoneLabaye
Ann ClwydCynon ValleyLab (minister)aye
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabaye
Janet DeanBurtonLabaye
Mr David HinchliffeWakefieldLabaye
Eric IllsleyBarnsley CentralLabaye
Lynne JonesBirmingham, Selly OakLabaye
Mr Terry LewisWorsleyLabaye
Mrs Alice MahonHalifaxLabaye
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLab (minister)aye
Mr Brian SedgemoreHackney South and ShoreditchLabaye
Alan SimpsonNottingham SouthLabaye
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLab (minister)aye
David TaylorNorth West LeicestershireLabaye
Robert WareingLiverpool, West DerbyLabaye
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLabboth

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