Education Bill — Abolish Independent Appeals Panels — rejected — 24 Feb 2005 at 11:00

The majority Not-Contents defeated an amendment[1] to the Education Bill. The amendment would have abolished independent appeals panels which allowed parents to appeal against the exclusion of their child from a school. However, the amendment was defeated.

The main aims of the Education Bill 2005 were to[2]:

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Debate in Parliament | Historical Hansard | Source |

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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 is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Bishop1 03.8%
Con0 47 (+2 tell)23.4%
Crossbench13 49.6%
Green0 1100.0%
Lab86 (+2 tell) 042.7%
LDem38 055.1%
Total:138 5228.2%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

Lords 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 lord who could have voted in this division

Sort by: Name | Party | Vote

NamePartyVote
Lord Bridges Crossbenchaye
Baroness Greengross Crossbenchaye
Lord Molyneaux of KilleadCrossbenchaye
Lord Williamson of HortonCrossbench (front bench)aye

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