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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[1] Phil Willis MP, House of Commons, 6 February 2002
[2] TeacherNet Summary, 17 September 2002

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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.

Party	Majority (No)	Minority (Aye)	Both	Turnout
Con	137	0	0	83.5%
DUP	3	0	0	60.0%
Lab	278 (+2 tell)	18	1	73.1%
LDem	0	40 (+2 tell)	0	79.2%
PC	0	3	0	75.0%
UUP	1	0	0	16.7%
Total:	419	61	1	75.7%

All MPs Eligible to Vote - sorted by party

Includes MPs who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.

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Name	Constituency	Party	Vote
Sir David Amess	Southend West	Con	no
Michael Ancram	Devizes	Con	no
James Arbuthnot	North East Hampshire	Con	no
Mr David Atkinson	Bournemouth East	Con	no
Peter Atkinson	Hexham	Con	no
Richard Bacon	South Norfolk	Con	no
Tony Baldry	Banbury	Con	no
Gregory Barker	Bexhill and Battle	Con	no
John Baron	Billericay	Con	no
Henry Bellingham	North West Norfolk	Con	no
John Bercow	Buckingham	Con	no
Paul Beresford	Mole Valley	Con	no
Crispin Blunt	Reigate	Con	no
Tim Boswell	Daventry	Con	no
Peter Bottomley	Worthing West	Con	no
Mrs Virginia Bottomley	South West Surrey	Con	no
Graham Brady	Altrincham and Sale West	Con	no
Julian Brazier	Canterbury	Con	no
Angela Browning	Tiverton and Honiton	Con	no
Alistair Burt	North East Bedfordshire	Con	no
John Butterfill	Bournemouth West	Con	no
David Cameron	Witney	Con	no
Bill Cash	Stone	Con	no
Sir Sydney Chapman	Chipping Barnet	Con	no
Christopher Chope	Christchurch	Con	no
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	Cotswold	Con	no
Mr Tim Collins	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Con	no
Derek Conway	Old Bexley and Sidcup	Con	no
Patrick Cormack	South Staffordshire	Con	no
Mr James Cran	Beverley and Holderness	Con	no
David Curry	Skipton and Ripon	Con	no
Quentin Davies	Grantham and Stamford	Con	no
David Davis	Haltemprice and Howden	Con	no
Jonathan Djanogly	Huntingdon	Con	no
Michael Fabricant	Lichfield	Con	no
Mark Field	Cities of London and Westminster	Con	no
Mr Howard Flight	Arundel and South Downs	whilst Con	no
Mr Adrian Flook	Taunton	Con	no
Eric Forth	Bromley and Chislehurst	Con	no
Mark Francois	Rayleigh	Con	no
Roger Gale	North Thanet	Con	no
Edward Garnier	Harborough	Con	no
Nick Gibb	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	Con	no
Dame Cheryl Gillan	Chesham and Amersham	Con	no
Paul Goodman	Wycombe	Con	no
James Gray	North Wiltshire	Con	no
Chris Grayling	Epsom and Ewell	Con	no
Damian Green	Ashford	Con	no
John Greenway	Ryedale	Con	no
Dominic Grieve	Beaconsfield	Con	no
John Gummer	Suffolk Coastal	Con	no
Philip Hammond	Runnymede and Weybridge	Con	no
Mr Nick Hawkins	Surrey Heath	Con	no
John Hayes	South Holland and The Deepings	Con	no
Oliver Heald	North East Hertfordshire	Con	no
David Heathcoat-Amory	Wells	Con	no
Charles Hendry	Wealden	Con	no
Mark Hoban	Fareham	Con	no
John Horam	Orpington	Con	no
Michael Jack	Fylde	Con	no
Robert Jackson	Wantage	whilst Con	no
Bernard Jenkin	North Essex	Con	no
Boris Johnson	Henley	Con	no
Robert Key	Salisbury	Con	no
Julie Kirkbride	Bromsgrove	Con	no
Greg Knight	East Yorkshire	Con	no
Eleanor Laing	Epping Forest	Con	no
Jacqui Lait	Beckenham	Con	no
Andrew Lansley	South Cambridgeshire	Con	no
Edward Leigh	Gainsborough	Con	no
Oliver Letwin	West Dorset	Con	no
Julian Lewis	New Forest East	Con	no
Ian Liddell-Grainger	Bridgwater	Con	no
David Lidington	Aylesbury	Con	no
Peter Lilley	Hitchin and Harpenden	Con	no
Tim Loughton	East Worthing and Shoreham	Con	no
Peter Luff	Mid Worcestershire	Con	no
Andrew MacKay	Bracknell	Con	no
David Maclean	Penrith and The Border	Con	no
Humfrey Malins	Woking	Con	no
John Maples	Stratford-on-Avon	Con	no
Francis Maude	Horsham	Con	no
Dr Brian Mawhinney	North West Cambridgeshire	Con	no
Theresa May	Maidenhead	Con	no
Anne McIntosh	Vale of York	Con	no
Patrick McLoughlin	West Derbyshire	Con	no
Andrew Mitchell	Sutton Coldfield	Con	no
Malcolm Moss	North East Cambridgeshire	Con	no
Andrew Murrison	Westbury	Con	no
Mr Archie Norman	Tunbridge Wells	Con	no
Stephen O'Brien	Eddisbury	Con	no
George Osborne	Tatton	Con	no
Richard Ottaway	Croydon South	Con	no
Mr Richard Page	South West Hertfordshire	Con	no
James Paice	South East Cambridgeshire	Con	no
Owen Paterson	North Shropshire	Con	no
Eric Pickles	Brentwood and Ongar	Con	no
Mr Michael Portillo	Kensington and Chelsea	Con	no
Mark Prisk	Hertford and Stortford	Con	no
John Randall	Uxbridge	Con	no
Andrew Robathan	Blaby	Con	no
Hugh Robertson	Faversham and Mid Kent	Con	no
Laurence Robertson	Tewkesbury	Con	no
Mrs Marion Roe	Broxbourne	Con	no
Andrew Rosindell	Romford	Con	no
David Ruffley	Bury St Edmunds	Con	no
Mr Jonathan Sayeed	Mid Bedfordshire	whilst Con	no
Mrs Gillian Shephard	South West Norfolk	Con	no
Mark Simmonds	Boston and Skegness	Con	no
Keith Simpson	Mid Norfolk	Con	no
Nicholas Soames	Mid Sussex	Con	no
Caroline Spelman	Meriden	Con	no
Michael Spicer	West Worcestershire	Con	no
Bob Spink	Castle Point	Con	no
Richard Spring	West Suffolk	Con	no
Anthony Steen	Totnes	Con	no
Gary Streeter	South West Devon	Con	no
Desmond Swayne	New Forest West	Con	no
Robert Syms	Poole	Con	no
Peter Tapsell	Louth and Horncastle	Con	no
Mr John Taylor	Solihull	Con	no
Mr Teddy Taylor	Rochford and Southend East	Con	no
David Tredinnick	Bosworth	Con	no
Mr Michael Trend	Windsor	Con	no
Andrew Turner	Isle of Wight	Con	no
Andrew Tyrie	Chichester	Con	no
Peter Viggers	Gosport	Con	no
Nigel Waterson	Eastbourne	Con	no
Angela Watkinson	Upminster	Con	no
John Whittingdale	Maldon and East Chelmsford	Con	no
Ann Widdecombe	Maidstone and The Weald	Con	no
Bill Wiggin	Leominster	Con	no
Mr John Wilkinson	Ruislip - Northwood	Con	no
David Willetts	Havant	Con	no
Nicholas Winterton	Macclesfield	Con	no
Tim Yeo	South Suffolk	Con	no
George Young	North West Hampshire	Con	no
Peter Ainsworth	East Surrey	Con	absent
Simon Burns	West Chelmsford	Con	absent
James Clappison	Hertsmere	Con	absent
Kenneth Clarke	Rushcliffe	Con	absent
Stephen Dorrell	Charnwood	Con	absent
Alan Duncan	Rutland and Melton	Con	absent
Mr Peter Duncan	Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	Con	absent
Iain Duncan Smith	Chingford and Woodford Green	Con	absent
Nigel Evans	Ribble Valley	Con	absent
Michael Fallon	Sevenoaks	Con	absent
Liam Fox	Woodspring	Con	absent
William Hague	Richmond (Yorks)	Con	absent
Douglas Hogg	Sleaford and North Hykeham	Con	absent
Michael Howard	Folkestone and Hythe	Con	absent
Gerald Howarth	Aldershot	Con	absent
Mr Andrew Hunter	Basingstoke	whilst Con	absent
Michael Mates	East Hampshire	Con	absent
Patrick Mercer	Newark	Con	absent
John Redwood	Wokingham	Con	absent
Andrew Selous	South West Bedfordshire	Con	absent
Richard Shepherd	Aldridge-Brownhills	Con	absent
John Stanley	Tonbridge and Malling	Con	absent
Hugo Swire	East Devon	Con	absent
Ian Taylor	Esher and Walton	Con	absent
Robert Walter	North Dorset	Con	absent
David Wilshire	Spelthorne	Con	absent
Ann Winterton	Congleton	whilst Con	absent
Alan Haselhurst	Saffron Walden	Deputy Speaker	absent
Sylvia Heal	Halesowen and Rowley Regis	Deputy Speaker	absent
Michael Lord	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	Deputy Speaker	absent
Nigel Dodds	Belfast North	DUP	no
Iris Robinson	Strangford	DUP	no
Peter Robinson	Belfast East	DUP	no
Gregory Campbell	East Londonderry	DUP	absent
Ian Paisley	North Antrim	DUP	absent
Richard Taylor	Wyre Forest	Independent	absent
Mr Andrew Bennett	Denton and Reddish	Lab	aye
Ronnie Campbell	Blyth Valley	Lab	aye
David Chaytor	Bury North	Lab	aye
Michael Clapham	Barnsley West and Penistone	Lab	aye
Ann Clwyd	Cynon Valley	Lab	aye
Jeremy Corbyn	Islington North	Lab	aye
Janet Dean	Burton	Lab	aye
Mr David Hinchliffe	Wakefield	Lab	aye
Eric Illsley	Barnsley Central	Lab	aye
Lynne Jones	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Lab	aye
Mr Terry Lewis	Worsley	Lab	aye
Mrs Alice Mahon	Halifax	Lab	aye
John Martin McDonnell	Hayes and Harlington	Lab	aye
Mr Brian Sedgemore	Hackney South and Shoreditch	Lab	aye
Alan Simpson	Nottingham South	Lab	aye
Dennis Skinner	Bolsover	Lab	aye
David Taylor	North West Leicestershire	Lab	aye
Robert Wareing	Liverpool, West Derby	Lab	aye
Nick Ainger	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	Lab	no
Bob Ainsworth	Coventry North East	Lab	no
Graham Allen	Nottingham North	Lab	no
Janet Anderson	Rossendale and Darwen	Lab	no
Hilary Armstrong	North West Durham	Lab	no
Ms Candy Atherton	Falmouth and Camborne	Lab	no
Charlotte Atkins	Staffordshire Moorlands	Lab	no
John Austin	Erith and Thamesmead	Lab	no
Kevin Barron	Rother Valley	Lab	no
John Battle	Leeds West	Lab	no
Hugh Bayley	City of York	Lab	no
Mr Nigel Beard	Bexleyheath and Crayford	Lab	no
Hilary Benn	Leeds Central	Lab	no
Joe Benton	Bootle	Lab	no
Roger Berry	Kingswood	Lab	no
Mr Harold Best	Leeds North West	Lab	no
Liz Blackman	Erewash	Lab	no
Hazel Blears	Salford	Lab	no
Bob Blizzard	Waveney	Lab	no
David Borrow	South Ribble	Lab	no
Mr Keith Bradley	Manchester, Withington	Lab	no
Mr Peter Bradley	The Wrekin	Lab	no
Ben Bradshaw	Exeter	Lab	no
Kevin Brennan	Cardiff West	Lab	no
Nick Brown	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	Lab	no
Russell Brown	Dumfries	Lab	no
Des Browne	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Lab	no
Chris Bryant	Rhondda	Lab	no
Richard Burden	Birmingham, Northfield	Lab	no
Colin Burgon	Elmet	Lab	no
Andy Burnham	Leigh	Lab	no
Stephen Byers	North Tyneside	Lab	no
David Cairns	Greenock and Inverclyde	Lab	no
Alan Campbell	Tynemouth	Lab	no
Mr Ivor Caplin	Hove	Lab	no
Mr Roger Casale	Wimbledon	Lab	no
Martin Caton	Gower	Lab	no
Ian Cawsey	Brigg and Goole	Lab	no
Colin Challen	Morley and Rothwell	Lab	no
Ben Chapman	Wirral South	Lab	no
Ms Helen Clark	Peterborough	Lab	no
Dr Lynda Clark	Edinburgh Pentlands	Lab	no
Paul Clark	Gillingham	Lab	no
Charles Clarke	Norwich South	Lab	no
Tom Clarke	Coatbridge and Chryston	Lab	no
David Clelland	Tyne Bridge	Lab	no
Vernon Coaker	Gedling	Lab	no
Harry Cohen	Leyton and Wanstead	Lab	no
Michael Connarty	Falkirk East	Lab	no
Robin Cook	Livingston	Lab	no
Jim Cousins	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Lab	no
Jon Cruddas	Dagenham	Lab	no
Ann Cryer	Keighley	Lab	no
John Cummings	Easington	Lab	no
Dr Jack Cunningham	Copeland	Lab	no
Jim Cunningham	Coventry South	Lab	no
Tony Cunningham	Workington	Lab	no
Mr Tam Dalyell	Linlithgow	Lab	no
Mrs Valerie Davey	Bristol West	Lab	no
Wayne David	Caerphilly	Lab	no
Mr Denzil Davies	Llanelli	Lab	no
Geraint Davies	Croydon Central	Lab	no
Mr Terry Davis	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Lab	no
Mr Hilton Dawson	Lancaster and Wyre	Lab	no
John Denham	Southampton, Itchen	Lab	no
Parmjit Dhanda	Gloucester	Lab	no
Jim Dobbin	Heywood and Middleton	Lab	no
Frank Dobson	Holborn and St Pancras	Lab	no
Brian H Donohoe	Cunninghame South	Lab	no
Frank Doran	Aberdeen Central	Lab	no
Jim Dowd	Lewisham West	Lab	no
David Drew	Stroud	Lab	no
Angela Eagle	Wallasey	Lab	no
Maria Eagle	Liverpool, Garston	Lab	no
Mr Huw Edwards	Monmouth	Lab	no
Clive Efford	Eltham	Lab	no
Louise Ellman	Liverpool, Riverside	Lab	no
Jeff Ennis	Barnsley East and Mexborough	Lab	no
Bill Etherington	Sunderland North	Lab	no
Frank Field	Birkenhead	Lab	no
Mark Fisher	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Lab	no
Ms Lorna Fitzsimons	Rochdale	Lab	no
Caroline Flint	Don Valley	Lab	no
Paul Flynn	Newport West	Lab	no
Barbara Follett	Stevenage	Lab	no
Mr Derek Foster	Bishop Auckland	Lab	no
Michael Foster	Worcester	Lab	no
Mr George Foulkes	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Lab	no
Hywel Francis	Aberavon	Lab	no
George Galloway	Glasgow Kelvin	whilst Lab	no
Barry Gardiner	Brent North	Lab	no
Neil Gerrard	Walthamstow	Lab	no
Ian Gibson	Norwich North	Lab	no
Linda Gilroy	Plymouth, Sutton	Lab	no
Roger Godsiff	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Lab	no
Paul Goggins	Wythenshawe and Sale East	Lab	no
Ms Jane Griffiths	Reading East	Lab	no
John Grogan	Selby	Lab	no
Mike Hall	Weaver Vale	Lab	no
Patrick Hall	Bedford	Lab	no
David Hamilton	Midlothian	Lab	no
David Hanson	Delyn	Lab	no
Tom Harris	Glasgow Cathcart	Lab	no
John Healey	Wentworth	Lab	no
Doug Henderson	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Lab	no
Mr Ivan Henderson	Harwich	Lab	no
Mark Hendrick	Preston	Lab	no
Stephen Hepburn	Jarrow	Lab	no
John Heppell	Nottingham East	Lab	no
Stephen Hesford	Wirral West	Lab	no
David Heyes	Ashton-under-Lyne	Lab	no
Keith Hill	Streatham	Lab	no
Margaret Hodge	Barking	Lab	no
Kate Hoey	Vauxhall	Lab	no
Phil Hope	Corby	Lab	no
Mr Alan Howarth	Newport East	Lab	no
George Howarth	Knowsley North and Sefton East	Lab	no
Kim Howells	Pontypridd	Lab	no
Lindsay Hoyle	Chorley	Lab	no
Beverley Hughes	Stretford and Urmston	Lab	no
Mr Kevin Hughes	Doncaster North	Lab	no
Mr Alan Hurst	Braintree	Lab	no
John Hutton	Barrow and Furness	Lab	no
Brian Iddon	Bolton South East	Lab	no
Adam Ingram	East Kilbride	Lab	no
Glenda Jackson	Hampstead and Highgate	Lab	no
Mrs Helen Jackson	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Lab	no
Alan Johnson	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle	Lab	no
Helen Jones	Warrington North	Lab	no
Mr Jon Owen Jones	Cardiff Central	Lab	no
Eric Joyce	Falkirk West	Lab	no
Gerald Kaufman	Manchester, Gorton	Lab	no
Sally Keeble	Northampton North	Lab	no
Alan Keen	Feltham and Heston	Lab	no
Ann Keen	Brentford and Isleworth	Lab	no
Fraser Kemp	Houghton and Washington East	Lab	tellno
Piara S Khabra	Ealing, Southall	Lab	no
David Kidney	Stafford	Lab	no
Peter Kilfoyle	Liverpool, Walton	Lab	no
Mr Andy King	Rugby and Kenilworth	Lab	no
Ms Oona King	Bethnal Green and Bow	Lab	no
Ashok Kumar	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Lab	no
Stephen Ladyman	South Thanet	Lab	no
David Lammy	Tottenham	Lab	no
Bob Laxton	Derby North	Lab	no
Mark Lazarowicz	Edinburgh North and Leith	Lab	no
David Lepper	Brighton, Pavilion	Lab	no
Chris Leslie	Shipley	Lab	no
Tom Levitt	High Peak	Lab	no
Ivan Lewis	Bury South	Lab	no
Mrs Helen Liddell	Airdrie and Shotts	Lab	no
Martin Linton	Battersea	Lab	no
Tony Lloyd	Manchester Central	Lab	no
Andrew Love	Edmonton	Lab	no
Ian Lucas	Wrexham	Lab	no
Mr Iain Luke	Dundee East	Lab	no
Mr John Lyons	Strathkelvin and Bearsden	Lab	no
Mr Calum MacDonald	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Lab	no
John MacDougall	Central Fife	Lab	no
Andrew MacKinlay	Thurrock	Lab	no
Fiona Mactaggart	Slough	Lab	no
Judy Mallaber	Amber Valley	Lab	no
John Mann	Bassetlaw	Lab	no
Dr Jim Marshall	Leicester South	Lab	no
Eric Martlew	Carlisle	Lab	no
Thomas McAvoy	Glasgow Rutherglen	Lab	no
Chris McCafferty	Calder Valley	Lab	no
Ian McCartney	Makerfield	Lab	no
Siobhain McDonagh	Mitcham and Morden	Lab	no
Anne McGuire	Stirling	Lab	no
Shona McIsaac	Cleethorpes	Lab	no
Ann McKechin	Glasgow Maryhill	Lab	no
Rosemary McKenna	Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	Lab	no
Tony McNulty	Harrow East	Lab	no
Mr Tony McWalter	Hemel Hempstead	Lab	no
Mr John McWilliam	Blaydon	Lab	no
Michael Meacher	Oldham West and Royton	Lab	no
Alan Meale	Mansfield	Lab	no
Gillian Merron	Lincoln	Lab	no
Alun Michael	Cardiff South and Penarth	Lab	no
Alan Milburn	Darlington	Lab	no
David Miliband	South Shields	Lab	no
Andrew Miller	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Lab	no
Austin Mitchell	Great Grimsby	Lab	no
Laura Moffatt	Crawley	Lab	no
Chris Mole	Ipswich	Lab	no
Dr Lewis Moonie	Kirkcaldy	Lab	no
Margaret Moran	Luton South	Lab	no
Julie Morgan	Cardiff North	Lab	no
Ms Estelle Morris	Birmingham, Yardley	Lab	no
George Mudie	Leeds East	Lab	no
Chris Mullin	Sunderland South	Lab	no
Denis Murphy	Wansbeck	Lab	no
Jim Murphy	East Renfrewshire	Lab	no
Paul Murphy	Torfaen	Lab	no
Doug Naysmith	Bristol North West	Lab	no
Dan Norris	Wansdyke	Lab	no
Mr Bill O'Brien	Normanton	Lab	no
Mrs Diana Organ	Forest of Dean	Lab	no
Sandra Osborne	Ayr	Lab	no
Albert Owen	Ynys Môn	Lab	no
Nick Palmer	Broxtowe	Lab	no
Ian Pearson	Dudley South	Lab	tellno
Ms Linda Perham	Ilford North	Lab	no
Mrs Anne Picking	East Lothian	Lab	no
Mr Colin Pickthall	West Lancashire	Lab	no
James Plaskitt	Warwick and Leamington	Lab	no
Mr Kerry Pollard	St Albans	Lab	no
Mr Chris Pond	Gravesham	Lab	no
Greg Pope	Hyndburn	Lab	no
Bridget Prentice	Lewisham East	Lab	no
Gordon Prentice	Pendle	Lab	no
Gwyn Prosser	Dover	Lab	no
Ms Joyce Quin	Gateshead East and Washington West	Lab	no
Mr Lawrie Quinn	Scarborough and Whitby	Lab	no
Nick Raynsford	Greenwich and Woolwich	Lab	no
Andy Reed	Loughborough	Lab	no
John Reid	Hamilton North and Bellshill	Lab	no
Mrs Barbara Roche	Hornsey and Wood Green	Lab	no
Terry Rooney	Bradford North	Lab	no
Mr Ernie Ross	Dundee West	Lab	no
Joan Ruddock	Lewisham, Deptford	Lab	no
Christine Russell	City of Chester	Lab	no
Joan Ryan	Enfield North	Lab	no
Martin Salter	Reading West	Lab	no
Mohammad Sarwar	Glasgow Govan	Lab	no
Mr Malcolm Savidge	Aberdeen North	Lab	no
Mr Phil Sawford	Kettering	Lab	no
Jonathan R Shaw	Chatham and Aylesford	Lab	no
Barry Sheerman	Huddersfield	Lab	no
Jim Sheridan	West Renfrewshire	Lab	no
Siôn Simon	Birmingham, Erdington	Lab	no
Andrew Smith	Oxford East	Lab	no
Angela Smith	Basildon	Lab	no
Mr Chris Smith	Islington South and Finsbury	Lab	no
Geraldine Smith	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Lab	no
Jacqui Smith	Redditch	Lab	no
John Smith	Vale of Glamorgan	Lab	no
Mr Clive Soley	Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush	Lab	no
Helen Southworth	Warrington South	Lab	no
John Spellar	Warley	Lab	no
Phyllis Starkey	Milton Keynes South West	Lab	no
Mr Gerry Steinberg	City of Durham	Lab	no
Ian Stewart	Eccles	Lab	no
Mr Paul Stinchcombe	Wellingborough	Lab	no
Gavin Strang	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Lab	no
Graham Stringer	Manchester, Blackley	Lab	no
Gisela Stuart	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Lab	no
Gerry Sutcliffe	Bradford South	Lab	no
Mrs Ann Taylor	Dewsbury	Lab	no
Dari Taylor	Stockton South	Lab	no
Mr Gareth Thomas	Clwyd West	Lab	no
Gareth Thomas	Harrow West	Lab	no
Stephen Timms	East Ham	Lab	no
Paddy Tipping	Sherwood	Lab	no
Mark Todd	South Derbyshire	Lab	no
Don Touhig	Islwyn	Lab	no
Paul Truswell	Pudsey	Lab	no
Mr Dennis Turner	Wolverhampton South East	Lab	no
Desmond Turner	Brighton, Kemptown	Lab	no
Neil Turner	Wigan	Lab	no
Derek Twigg	Halton	Lab	no
Stephen Twigg	Enfield, Southgate	Lab	no
Joan Walley	Stoke-on-Trent North	Lab	no
Claire Ward	Watford	Lab	no
Dave Watts	St Helens North	Lab	no
Mr Brian White	North East Milton Keynes	Lab	no
Alan Whitehead	Southampton, Test	Lab	no
Malcolm Wicks	Croydon North	Lab	no
Alan Williams	Swansea West	Lab	no
Betty Williams	Conwy	Lab	no
David Winnick	Walsall North	Lab	no
Rosie Winterton	Doncaster Central	Lab	no
Mike Wood	Batley and Spen	Lab	no
Phil Woolas	Oldham East and Saddleworth	Lab	no
Mr Tony Worthington	Clydebank and Milngavie	Lab	no
Anthony D Wright	Great Yarmouth	Lab	no
David Wright	Telford	Lab	no
Tony Wright	Cannock Chase	Lab	no
Derek Wyatt	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Lab	no
Kelvin Hopkins	Luton North	Lab	both
Diane Abbott	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Lab	absent
Mrs Irene Adams	Paisley North	Lab	absent
Douglas Alexander	Paisley South	Lab	absent
Mr Donald Anderson	Swansea East	Lab	absent
Adrian Bailey	West Bromwich West	Lab	absent
Vera Baird	Redcar	Lab	absent
Mr Tony Banks	West Ham	Lab	absent
Mr Harry Barnes	North East Derbyshire	Lab	absent
Margaret Beckett	Derby South	Lab	absent
Anne Begg	Aberdeen South	Lab	absent
Stuart Bell	Middlesbrough	Lab	absent
Clive Betts	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Lab	absent
Tony Blair	Sedgefield	Lab	absent
David Blunkett	Sheffield, Brightside	Lab	absent
Mr Paul Boateng	Brent South	Lab	absent
Gordon Brown	Dunfermline East	Lab	absent
Karen Buck	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Lab	absent
Richard Caborn	Sheffield Central	Lab	absent
Mrs Anne Campbell	Cambridge	Lab	absent
Mr Tony Clarke	Northampton South	Lab	absent
Ann Coffey	Stockport	Lab	absent
Mr Iain Coleman	Hammersmith and Fulham	Lab	absent
Mr Tony Colman	Putney	Lab	absent
Frank Cook	Stockton North	Lab	absent
Yvette Cooper	Pontefract and Castleford	Lab	absent
Ms Jean Corston	Bristol East	Lab	absent
Mr Tom Cox	Tooting	Lab	absent
Professor Ross Cranston	Dudley North	Lab	absent
David Crausby	Bolton North East	Lab	absent
John Cryer	Hornchurch	Lab	absent
Claire Curtis-Thomas	Crosby	Lab	absent
Mr Paul Daisley	Brent East	Lab	absent
Alistair Darling	Edinburgh Central	Lab	absent
Ian Davidson	Glasgow Pollok	Lab	absent
Andrew Dismore	Hendon	Lab	absent
Ms Julia Drown	South Swindon	Lab	absent
Gwyneth Dunwoody	Crewe and Nantwich	Lab	absent
Paul Farrelly	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Lab	absent
Jim Fitzpatrick	Poplar and Canning Town	Lab	absent
Michael Jabez Foster	Hastings and Rye	Lab	absent
Mike Gapes	Ilford South	Lab	absent
Bruce George	Walsall South	Lab	absent
Nigel Griffiths	Edinburgh South	Lab	absent
Mr Win Griffiths	Bridgend	Lab	absent
Peter Hain	Neath	Lab	absent
Fabian Hamilton	Leeds North East	Lab	absent
Harriet Harman	Camberwell and Peckham	Lab	absent
Dai Havard	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Lab	absent
Patricia Hewitt	Leicester West	Lab	absent
Jimmy Hood	Clydesdale	Lab	absent
Geoff Hoon	Ashfield	Lab	absent
Joan Humble	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Lab	absent
Mr David Jamieson	Plymouth, Devonport	Lab	absent
Brian Jenkins	Tamworth	Lab	absent
Miss Melanie Johnson	Welwyn Hatfield	Lab	absent
Kevan Jones	North Durham	Lab	absent
Martyn Jones	Clwyd South	Lab	absent
Tessa Jowell	Dulwich and West Norwood	Lab	absent
Ruth Kelly	Bolton West	Lab	absent
Jane Kennedy	Liverpool, Wavertree	Lab	absent
Jim Knight	South Dorset	Lab	absent
Mrs Jackie Lawrence	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Lab	absent
Denis MacShane	Rotherham	Lab	absent
Khalid Mahmood	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Lab	absent
Mr Peter Mandelson	Hartlepool	Lab	absent
Rob Marris	Wolverhampton South West	Lab	absent
Gordon Marsden	Blackpool South	Lab	absent
David Marshall	Glasgow Shettleston	Lab	absent
Robert Marshall-Andrews	Medway	Lab	absent
Steve McCabe	Birmingham, Hall Green	Lab	absent
John McFall	Dumbarton	Lab	absent
Mr Kevin McNamara	Kingston upon Hull North	Lab	absent
Elliot Morley	Scunthorpe	Lab	absent
Kali Mountford	Colne Valley	Lab	absent
Meg Munn	Sheffield, Heeley	Lab	absent
Mike O'Brien	North Warwickshire	Lab	absent
Edward O'Hara	Knowsley South	Lab	absent
Mr Martin O'Neill	Ochil	Lab	absent
Bill Olner	Nuneaton	Lab	absent
Mr Peter Pike	Burnley	Lab	absent
Steve Pound	Ealing North	Lab	absent
John Prescott	Kingston upon Hull East	Lab	absent
Dawn Primarolo	Bristol South	Lab	absent
Ken Purchase	Wolverhampton North East	Lab	absent
James Purnell	Stalybridge and Hyde	Lab	absent
Bill Rammell	Harlow	Lab	absent
Mr Syd Rapson	Portsmouth North	Lab	absent
John Robertson	Glasgow Anniesland	Lab	absent
Geoffrey Robinson	Coventry North West	Lab	absent
Frank Roy	Motherwell and Wishaw	Lab	absent
Chris Ruane	Vale of Clwyd	Lab	absent
Ms Debra Shipley	Stourbridge	Lab	absent
Clare Short	Birmingham, Ladywood	Lab	absent
Marsha Singh	Bradford West	Lab	absent
Mr Llew Smith	Blaenau Gwent	Lab	absent
Rachel Squire	Dunfermline West	Lab	absent
Mr George Stevenson	Stoke-on-Trent South	Lab	absent
Mr David Stewart	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Lab	absent
Howard Stoate	Dartford	Lab	absent
Jack Straw	Blackburn	Lab	absent
Mark Tami	Alyn and Deeside	Lab	absent
Jon Trickett	Hemsworth	Lab	absent
Mr Bill Tynan	Hamilton South	Lab	absent
Keith Vaz	Leicester East	Lab	absent
Rudi Vis	Finchley and Golders Green	Lab	absent
Tom Watson	West Bromwich East	Lab	absent
Michael Wills	North Swindon	Lab	absent
Mr Brian Wilson	Cunninghame North	Lab	absent
Shaun Woodward	St Helens South	Lab	absent
Mr Jimmy Wray	Glasgow Baillieston	Lab	absent
Mr Richard Allan	Sheffield, Hallam	LDem	aye
John Barrett	Edinburgh West	LDem	aye
Alan Beith	Berwick-upon-Tweed	LDem	aye
Tom Brake	Carshalton and Wallington	LDem	aye
Colin Breed	South East Cornwall	LDem	aye
Annette Brooke	Mid Dorset and North Poole	LDem	aye
Malcolm Bruce	Gordon	LDem	aye
Mr John Burnett	Torridge and West Devon	LDem	aye
Paul Burstow	Sutton and Cheam	LDem	aye
Vincent Cable	Twickenham	LDem	aye
Patsy Calton	Cheadle	LDem	aye
Menzies Campbell	North East Fife	LDem	aye
Alistair Carmichael	Orkney and Shetland	LDem	aye
Mr Brian Cotter	Weston-Super-Mare	LDem	aye
Edward Davey	Kingston and Surbiton	LDem	aye
Ms Sue Doughty	Guildford	LDem	aye
Andrew George	St Ives	LDem	aye
Sandra Gidley	Romsey	LDem	aye
Mr Matthew Green	Ludlow	LDem	aye
Evan Harris	Oxford West and Abingdon	LDem	aye
Nick Harvey	North Devon	LDem	aye
David Heath	Somerton and Frome	LDem	aye
Paul Holmes	Chesterfield	LDem	tellaye
Simon Hughes	North Southwark and Bermondsey	LDem	aye
Mr Nigel Jones	Cheltenham	LDem	aye
Paul Keetch	Hereford	LDem	aye
Charles Kennedy	Ross, Skye and Inverness West	LDem	aye
David Laws	Yeovil	LDem	aye
Mark Oaten	Winchester	LDem	aye
Lembit Öpik	Montgomeryshire	LDem	aye
Alan Reid	Argyll and Bute	LDem	aye
Mr David Rendel	Newbury	LDem	aye
Bob Russell	Colchester	LDem	aye
Adrian Sanders	Torbay	LDem	aye
Robert Smith	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	LDem	tellaye
Andrew Stunell	Hazel Grove	LDem	aye
Matthew Taylor	Truro and St Austell	LDem	aye
John Thurso	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	LDem	aye
Steve Webb	Northavon	LDem	aye
Roger Williams	Brecon and Radnorshire	LDem	aye
Phil Willis	Harrogate and Knaresborough	LDem	aye
Richard Younger-Ross	Teignbridge	LDem	aye
Norman Baker	Lewes	LDem	absent
Mr David Chidgey	Eastleigh	LDem	absent
Don Foster	Bath	LDem	absent
Mike Hancock	Portsmouth South	LDem	absent
Mr Archy Kirkwood	Roxburgh and Berwickshire	LDem	absent
Norman Lamb	North Norfolk	LDem	absent
Mr Paul Marsden	Shrewsbury and Atcham	whilst LDem	absent
Michael Moore	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale	LDem	absent
John Pugh	Southport	LDem	absent
Dr Jenny Tonge	Richmond Park	LDem	absent
Mr Paul Tyler	North Cornwall	LDem	absent
Elfyn Llwyd	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	PC	aye
Adam Price	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	PC	aye
Mr Simon Thomas	Ceredigion	PC	aye
Hywel Williams	Caernarfon	PC	absent
Mr John Hume	Foyle	SDLP	absent
Mr Seamus Mallon	Newry and Armagh	SDLP	absent
Eddie McGrady	South Down	SDLP	absent
Gerry Adams	Belfast West	SF	absent
Pat Doherty	West Tyrone	SF	absent
Michelle Gildernew	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	SF	absent
Martin McGuinness	Mid Ulster	SF	absent
Ms Annabelle Ewing	Perth	SNP	absent
Angus Robertson	Moray	SNP	absent
Alex Salmond	Banff and Buchan	SNP	absent
Michael Weir	Angus	SNP	absent
Pete Wishart	North Tayside	SNP	absent
Michael Martin	Glasgow Springburn	Speaker	absent
Sylvia Hermon	North Down	UUP	no
Mr Roy Beggs	East Antrim	UUP	absent
David Burnside	South Antrim	whilst UUP	absent
Jeffrey M. Donaldson	Lagan Valley	whilst UUP	absent
Martin Smyth	Belfast South	whilst UUP	absent
Rt Hon David Trimble	Upper Bann	UUP	absent

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

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