Grammar Schools (Ballots and Consultation) — 18 Nov 2003 at 12:36
I beg to move,
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 in order to remove the powers to hold grammar school ballots and to require the Secretary of State for Education and Skills before the end of the next Parliament to consult all maintained primary and secondary schools in each local education authority in England on the future arrangements for secondary school admissions within that authority; and for connected purposes.
Question put, pursuant to Standing Order No. 23 (Motions for leave to bring in Bills and nomination of Select Committees at commencement of public business):-
The House divided: Ayes 132, Noes 105.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | aye |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | no |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con | no |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | aye |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Howard Flight | Arundel and South Downs | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | aye |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con | no |
| Martin Smyth | Belfast South | whilst Independent Ulster Unionist | no |
| Ms Oona King | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab | aye |
| Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | aye |
| Mr Terry Davis | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab | aye |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | Lab | aye |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con | no |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | aye |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | aye |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Butterfill | Bournemouth West | Con | no |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con | no |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab | aye |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab | aye |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | aye |
| Eric Forth | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | tellno |
| Mrs Marion Roe | Broxbourne | Con | no |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | aye |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | aye |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | aye |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | aye |
| David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | no |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab | aye |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | aye |
| John MacDougall | Central Fife | Lab | aye |
| Patsy Calton | Cheadle | LDem | aye |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sir Sydney Chapman | Chipping Barnet | Con | no |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Gerry Steinberg | City of Durham | Lab | aye |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | aye |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | whilst Con | no |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | aye |
| Mr Iain Luke | Dundee East | Lab | aye |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Anne Picking | East Lothian | Lab | aye |
| Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con | no |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Candy Atherton | Falmouth and Camborne | Lab | aye |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mrs Diana Organ | Forest of Dean | Lab | aye |
| John Robertson | Glasgow Anniesland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Jimmy Wray | Glasgow Baillieston | Lab | aye |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Govan | Lab | aye |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | aye |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | aye |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con | no |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab | aye |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab | aye |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con | no |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | aye |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | no |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | aye |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab | aye |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | both |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab | aye |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab | aye |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab | aye |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | aye |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | aye |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab | aye |
| Dr Jim Marshall | Leicester South | Lab | aye |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | no |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | aye |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | aye |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | aye |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | no |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con | no |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | no |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | aye |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Jonathan Sayeed | Mid Bedfordshire | whilst Con | no |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | no |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | aye |
| Mr Calum MacDonald | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Lab | aye |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con | no |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | no |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | aye |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con | no |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab | aye |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | tellaye |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con | no |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | aye |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con | no |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | aye |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab | aye |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab | aye |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab | aye |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | aye |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab | aye |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab | aye |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | no |
| William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem | aye |
| Mr Archy Kirkwood | Roxburgh and Berwickshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr John Wilkinson | Ruislip - Northwood | Con | no |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Greenway | Ryedale | Con | no |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con | no |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | no |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | aye |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paul Marsden | Shrewsbury and Atcham | whilst LDem | aye |
| David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con | no |
| Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | no |
| Mr John Taylor | Solihull | Con | no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Richard Page | South West Hertfordshire | Con | no |
| Mrs Gillian Shephard | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | aye |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con | no |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab | aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | aye |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr George Stevenson | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Lyons | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Lab | aye |
| Mr Nick Hawkins | Surrey Heath | Con | no |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | aye |
| George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Adrian Flook | Taunton | Con | no |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | no |
| Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | no |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | no |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab | aye |
| Robert Jackson | Wantage | whilst Con | no |
| Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab | aye |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | aye |
| Jim Sheridan | West Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Michael Trend | Windsor | Con | no |
| David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | no |
| Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con | no |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | no |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | aye |
| Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con | no |
| Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent | no |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | no |
