Higher Education Bill — Clause 27 — Sections 22 to 26: supplementary provisions — 23 Jun 2004 at 16:30
The majority of MPs voted to allow universities to charge higher fees and to charge fees after the third year.
Lords amendment no. 2 was rejected in this vote.
During debate the effect of amendment 2 was described as being to:"not only stop universities charging higher fees, but abolish all fees after the third year"[1]
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 (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 0 | 121 (+2 tell) | 0 | 75.5% |
| DUP | 0 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Lab | 302 (+2 tell) | 1 | 0 | 75.1% |
| LDem | 0 | 49 | 0 | 90.7% |
| PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% |
| SNP | 0 | 4 | 0 | 80.0% |
| UUP | 0 | 4 | 0 | 80.0% |
| Total: | 302 | 187 | 0 | 76.4% |
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 |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | no |