Local Government Bill — New Clause 11 — Repeal of Section 2A of Local Government Act 1986 — 10 Mar 2003 at 19:15
The majority of MPs voted against requiring reports on the impact of repealing a ban on the promotion of homosexuality in schools.
The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: Repeal of Section 2A of Local Government Act 1986 and stated:
- 'The Secretary of State shall lay before Parliament within 24 months of the coming into force of section 119 and at intervals of 24 months thereafter a report containing information on the effect of the operation of that section on—
- (a) the adherence to guidance issued under section 403(1A) of the Education Act 1996 (c. 96);
- (b) the operation of the provisions of section 404 of that Act; and
- (c) the numbers of parents withdrawing their children from sex education pursuant to section 405 of that Act.'.
Clause 119 of the Bill became clause 122 in the Act[1] and stated:
- Section 2A of the Local Government Act 1986 (c. 10) (local authorities prohibited from promoting homosexuality) ceases to have effect.
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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 | 7 | 122 (+2 tell) | 0 | 80.4% |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent Conservative | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 304 (+2 tell) | 3 | 0 | 75.4% |
LDem | 39 | 0 | 0 | 73.6% |
PC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
UUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
Total: | 356 | 127 | 0 | 76.3% |
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
Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
John Bercow | Buckingham | Con (front bench) | no |
David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con | no |
Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con | no |
Robert Jackson | Wantage | whilst Con | no |
Robert Key | Salisbury | Con | no |
Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | no |
Mr Archie Norman | Tunbridge Wells | Con | no |
Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab | aye |