Academies Bill — Second Reading — 19 Jul 2010 at 21:46

The majority of MPs voted for the Academies Bill[1] to be read a second time ie. for it to continue on its path towards becoming law.

The Bill would enable more schools in England to gain "Academy Status" ie. financial independence and removal from local authority control.

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 (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Alliance0 10100.0%
Con283 (+1 tell) 0092.8%
DUP0 3037.5%
Lab0 230 (+2 tell)089.9%
LDem43 (+1 tell) 1078.9%
SDLP0 1033.3%
Total:326 236089.4%

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

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Mike HancockPortsmouth Southwhilst LDem (front bench)no

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