Academies Bill — New Academies Only Where There is Proven Need -rejected — 21 Jul 2010 at 20:30
Philip Davies MP, Shipley voted against requiring new academy schools to only be built in areas where there is a proven need for additional capacity.
The majority of MPs voted against requiring new academy schools to only be built in areas where there is a proven need for additional capacity.
The text of the defeated amendment was:
- page 1, line 22, at end insert-
- (za) if the school is an additional school, the school meets a proven need for additional capacity in the area in which the school is situated;'.
If adopted the proposed additional text would have become one of the mandated characteristics of an academy school.
- [1] Amendments sheet (Amendment voted on is no.20)
- [2] Academies Bill as of 14th July 2010
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 (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 270 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 88.9% |
DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37.5% |
Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 0 | 200 (+2 tell) | 0 | 78.3% |
LDem | 39 | 1 | 0 | 70.2% |
Total: | 312 | 202 | 0 | 82.2% |
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 |
Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | whilst LDem (front bench) | aye |