Opposition Day — Require Larger Public Sector Contractors to Offer Apprenticeships — 12 Mar 2013 at 18:47

The majority of MPs voted against requiring firms winning public contracts worth over £1m to offer apprenticeships.

The motion rejected in this vote was:

  • That this House
  • notes National Apprenticeship Week, established by the previous Government, and held from 11 to 15 March 2013, which celebrates the value of apprenticeships, particularly in providing opportunities and developing skills;
  • further notes the need to increase apprenticeship places; and therefore
  • resolves that the Government uses the billions of pounds committed to public procurement to boost apprenticeships by requiring firms winning public contracts worth over £1 million to offer apprenticeship opportunities, implementing the recommendation of the Fifth Report of the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee, HC 83, on Apprenticeships.

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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
Con250 (+1 tell) 0082.3%
DUP0 4050.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 10100.0%
Lab0 226 (+2 tell)088.4%
LDem42 (+1 tell) 0075.4%
PC0 30100.0%
SDLP0 2066.7%
Total:292 237083.8%

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
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