Education Bill — Amendment No. 81 — 24 Feb 2005 at 11:00
The Majority Not Content voters defeated an amendment to the Education Bill. The amendment would have abolished a clause that enables the Secretary of State to rationalise school places.
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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.Party | Majority (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
Con | 0 | 42 (+2 tell) | 21.1% |
Crossbench | 14 | 5 | 10.7% |
Green | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
Lab | 88 (+2 tell) | 0 | 43.7% |
LDem | 0 | 44 | 63.8% |
Total: | 102 | 92 | 29.9% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by vote
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
Name | Party | Vote |
Viscount Allenby of Megiddo | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Alton of Liverpool | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Ampthill | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Molyneaux of Killead | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Williamson of Horton | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |