Orders of the Day — New Clause 18 — Selection by aptitude — 13 May 2008 at 19:15

'(1) No new or existing maintained school shall select pupils by aptitude.

(2) For the purposes of this section, "maintained school" includes all Academies, Specialist, Trust or Foundation Schools.'.- [Mr. Laws.]

Brought up, and read the First time.

Question put, That the clause be read a Second time:-

The House divided: Ayes 37, Noes 359.

Debate in Parliament | 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 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.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con90 0046.9%
DUP6 0066.7%
Independent1 0020.0%
Lab259 (+2 tell) 0074.4%
LDem0 34 (+2 tell)158.7%
PC0 2066.7%
SDLP1 0033.3%
UKIP1 00100.0%
Total:358 36163.6%

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
John HemmingBirmingham, YardleyLDem (front bench)both

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