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