Education Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 12 — Restrictions relating to petitions and ballots — 6 Feb 2002 at 23:00

'After section 106 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 there is inserted-

"106A Restrictions relating to petitions and ballots

Where a petition of parents has been initiated, or a ballot held, and no change to admissions arrangements has been agreed, no further ballot may take place within a period of six years from the initiation of the petition.".'.-[Mr. Damian Green.]

Brought up, and read the First time.

Motion made, and Question put, That the clause be added to the Bill:-

The House divided: Ayes 184, Noes 293.

Debate in Parliament | Historical Hansard | Source |

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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
Con0 134 (+2 tell)082.9%
DUP0 3060.0%
Lab293 (+2 tell) 0072.1%
LDem0 42079.2%
PC0 40100.0%
UUP0 1016.7%
Total:293 184075.0%

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
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