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Division 105 · 25 February 2025

Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading

Government Bill Education

What this vote was about

On 25 February 2025, at the Second Reading of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill, MPs voted on a reasoned amendment which sought to decline to give the Bill a Second Reading. The Bill transfers the functions of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education to the Secretary of State, to be exercised by the new body Skills England. The reasoned amendment was moved by Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat) and objected that Skills England would not be established as an independent statutory body, that the Bill centralised decision-making in the hands of the Secretary of State rather than keeping employer-led governance, and that it offered weak accountability to Parliament. MPs rejected the reasoned amendment by 312 votes to 70, so the Bill proceeded.

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AI-generated from the official voting record.

At a glance

The largest Aye bloc was Liberal Democrat with 58 votes. The largest No bloc was Labour with 304 votes. The 264 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by The Secretary of State for Education. This division took place during a debate on Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords]. This division is linked to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Act 2025 (Government Bill).

70

Ayes

312

Noes

Rejected

Result

386

Voted

Rejected by 242 Ayes 70 / Noes 312

Bill context

Bill Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Act 2025
Type Government Bill
Primary sponsor Baroness Smith of Malvern
Parliament page View bill on Parliament.uk

Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Lab Labour Voted No 0 304 390
LD Liberal Democrat Voted Aye 58 0 71
Ind Independent No party whip 6 5 16
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 5 0 5
Green Green Party Voted No 0 4 4
RUK Reform UK Voted Aye 2 0 7
TUV Traditional Unionist Voice Voted Aye 1 0 1
UUP Ulster Unionist Party Voted No 0 1 1
Con Conservative No clear majority 0 0 117
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 13
SNP Scottish National Party No clear majority 0 0 9
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 7
PC Plaid Cymru No clear majority 0 0 4
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party No clear majority 0 0 2
APNI Alliance No clear majority 0 0 1
Spk Speaker No party whip 0 0 1
RB Restore Britain No clear majority 0 0 1

"Party position" is how the majority of each party's voting members voted in this division. Parliament does not publish official whipping instructions, so this is derived from the recorded votes. "Rebels" are members who voted against their party's majority; Independent and Speaker roles have no party whip.

Constituencies coloured by how the local MP voted.

Aye
No
Did not vote

Individual votes

MP Vote
Adam Dance Aye
Adam Jogee No
Adam Thompson No
Adrian Ramsay No
Afzal Khan No
Alan Gemmell No
Alan Strickland No
Alex Brewer Aye
Alex Easton Aye
Alex Mayer No
Alex McIntyre No
Alice Macdonald No
Alison Bennett Aye
Alison Hume No
Alison Taylor No
Alistair Strathern No
Amanda Hack No
Amanda Martin No
Andrew Cooper No
Andrew George Aye
Andrew Lewin No
Andrew Pakes No
Andrew Ranger No
Andrew Western No
Andy MacNae No
Andy Slaughter No
Anna Gelderd No
Anna McMorrin No
Anna Sabine Aye
Anna Turley No
Anneliese Dodds No
Anneliese Midgley No
Antonia Bance No
Apsana Begum No
Ashley Dalton No
Ayoub Khan Aye
Baggy Shanker No
Bambos Charalambous No
Barry Gardiner No
Becky Gittins No
Ben Coleman No
Ben Maguire Aye
Bobby Dean Aye
Brian Leishman No
Bridget Phillipson No
Callum Anderson No
Calum Miller Aye
Carla Denyer No
Carla Lockhart Aye
Caroline Voaden Aye
Carolyn Harris No
Cat Smith No
Catherine Atkinson No
Catherine Fookes No
Catherine McKinnell No
Charlie Maynard Aye
Charlotte Nichols No
Chris Bloore No
Chris Bryant No
Chris Elmore No
Chris Evans No
Chris Hinchliff No
Chris McDonald No
Chris Murray No
Chris Vince No
Chris Webb No
Christian Wakeford No
Christine Jardine Aye
Claire Hazelgrove No
Claire Hughes No
Claire Young Aye
Clive Efford No
Clive Jones Aye
Clive Lewis No
Connor Naismith No
Daisy Cooper Aye
Dame Angela Eagle No
Dame Chi Onwurah No
Dame Diana Johnson No
Dame Meg Hillier No
Dan Aldridge No
Daniel Francis No
Daniel Zeichner No
Danny Beales No
Darren Paffey No
Dave Robertson No
David Baines No
David Chadwick Aye
David Pinto-Duschinsky No
David Smith No
David Taylor No
David Williams No
Dawn Butler No
Debbie Abrahams No
Deirdre Costigan No
Derek Twigg No
Douglas McAllister No
Dr Al Pinkerton Aye
Dr Allison Gardner No
Dr Beccy Cooper No
Dr Danny Chambers Aye
Dr Ellie Chowns No
Dr Jeevun Sandher No
Dr Marie Tidball No
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan No
Dr Roz Savage Aye
Dr Rupa Huq No
Dr Simon Opher No
Dr Zubir Ahmed No
Ed Miliband No
Elaine Stewart No
Emily Darlington No
Emma Hardy No
Euan Stainbank No
Fabian Hamilton No
Feryal Clark No
Fleur Anderson No
Frank McNally No
Fred Thomas No
Freddie van Mierlo Aye
Gareth Snell No
Gareth Thomas No
Gavin Robinson Aye
Gen Kitchen No Teller
Gerald Jones No
Gideon Amos Aye
Gill German No
Gordon McKee No
Graham Stringer No
Grahame Morris No
Gregor Poynton No
Gurinder Singh Josan No
Harpreet Uppal No
Helen Hayes No
Helen Maguire Aye
Helen Morgan Aye
Helena Dollimore No
Henry Tufnell No
Hilary Benn No
Ian Byrne No
Ian Lavery No
Ian Murray No
Ian Roome Aye
Ian Sollom Aye
Imogen Walker No
Imran Hussain No
Iqbal Mohamed Aye
Irene Campbell No
Jack Abbott No
Jacob Collier No
Jade Botterill No
Jake Richards No
James Asser No
James MacCleary Aye
James Murray No
Jamie Stone Aye
Janet Daby No
Jas Athwal No
Jayne Kirkham No
Jeff Smith No
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter No
Jeremy Corbyn Aye
Jess Asato No
Jess Brown-Fuller Aye
Jessica Toale No
Jim Allister Aye
Jim Dickson No
Jim McMahon No
Jim Shannon Aye
Jo Platt No
Jo White No
Joani Reid No
Jodie Gosling No
Joe Morris No
Joe Powell No
John Grady No
John Healey No
John McDonnell No
John Slinger No
John Whitby No
Jon Trickett No
Jonathan Davies No
Jonathan Hinder No
Josh Babarinde Aye
Josh Dean No
Josh Fenton-Glynn No
Josh MacAlister No
Josh Newbury No
Josh Simons No
Julia Buckley No
Juliet Campbell No
Kanishka Narayan No
Karin Smyth No
Karl Turner No
Kate Dearden No
Kate Osamor No
Katie White No
Katrina Murray No
Keir Mather No
Kenneth Stevenson No
Kevin Bonavia No
Kevin McKenna No
Kim Johnson No
Kim Leadbeater No
Kirith Entwistle No
Kirsty McNeill No
Laura Kyrke-Smith No
Lauren Edwards No
Laurence Turner No
Layla Moran Aye
Lee Anderson Aye
Lee Barron No
Lee Pitcher No
Leigh Ingham No
Lewis Atkinson No
Liam Byrne No
Liam Conlon No
Lillian Jones No
Linsey Farnsworth No
Lisa Nandy No
Lisa Smart Aye
Liz Jarvis Aye
Liz Kendall No
Liz Twist No
Lizzi Collinge No
Lloyd Hatton No
Lola McEvoy No
Lorraine Beavers No
Louise Haigh No
Louise Sandher-Jones No
Lucy Powell No
Luke Murphy No
Luke Myer No
Luke Taylor Aye
Manuela Perteghella Aye
Margaret Mullane No
Maria Eagle No
Marie Goldman Aye
Mark Ferguson No
Mark Sewards No
Markus Campbell-Savours No
Martin McCluskey No Teller
Martin Rhodes No
Mary Glindon No
Mary Kelly Foy No
Matt Rodda No
Matt Turmaine No
Matthew Patrick No
Matthew Pennycook No
Maureen Burke No
Max Wilkinson Aye
Maya Ellis No
Melanie Onn No
Michael Payne No
Michael Wheeler No
Michelle Scrogham No
Michelle Welsh No
Mike Kane No
Mike Martin Aye
Mike Reader No
Mike Tapp No
Mohammad Yasin No
Monica Harding Aye
Mr Adnan Hussain Aye
Mr Alex Barros-Curtis No
Mr Alistair Carmichael Aye
Mr Angus MacDonald Aye
Mr Bayo Alaba No
Mr Calvin Bailey No
Mr Connor Rand No
Mr Douglas Alexander No
Mr Gregory Campbell Aye
Mr Hamish Falconer No
Mr James Frith No
Mr Joshua Reynolds Aye
Mr Paul Foster No
Mr Paul Kohler Aye
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi No
Mr Toby Perkins No
Mrs Elsie Blundell No
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare No
Ms Julie Minns No
Ms Marie Rimmer No
Ms Stella Creasy No
Munira Wilson Aye
Natasha Irons No
Naushabah Khan No
Navendu Mishra No
Naz Shah No
Neil Coyle No
Neil Duncan-Jordan No
Nesil Caliskan No
Nick Smith No
Oliver Ryan No
Olivia Bailey No
Olivia Blake No
Olly Glover Aye
Pam Cox No
Pamela Nash No
Patricia Ferguson No
Patrick Hurley No
Paul Davies No
Paul Waugh No
Paula Barker No
Paulette Hamilton No
Perran Moon No
Peter Dowd No
Peter Swallow No
Pippa Heylings Aye
Preet Kaur Gill No
Rachael Maskell No
Rachel Blake No
Rachel Gilmour Aye
Rachel Hopkins No
Rachel Taylor No
Rebecca Long Bailey No
Richard Baker No
Richard Burgon No
Richard Quigley No
Richard Tice Aye
Robin Swann No
Rosie Duffield No
Rosie Wrighting No
Rushanara Ali No
Ruth Cadbury No
Ruth Jones No
Sadik Al-Hassan No
Sally Jameson No
Sam Carling No
Samantha Dixon No
Samantha Niblett No
Sammy Wilson Aye
Sarah Coombes No
Sarah Edwards No
Sarah Gibson Aye
Sarah Green Aye
Sarah Olney Aye
Sarah Owen No
Sarah Russell No
Satvir Kaur No
Sean Woodcock No
Shaun Davies No
Shockat Adam Aye
Siân Berry No
Simon Lightwood No
Sir Alan Campbell No
Sir Mark Tami No
Sir Nicholas Dakin No
Sir Stephen Timms No
Sojan Joseph No
Sonia Kumar No
Steff Aquarone Aye
Stephen Kinnock No
Stephen Morgan No
Steve Witherden No
Steve Yemm No
Sureena Brackenridge No
Susan Murray Aye Teller
Tahir Ali No
Taiwo Owatemi No
Terry Jermy No
Tessa Munt Aye
Tim Farron Aye
Tim Roca No
Tom Collins No
Tom Gordon Aye
Tom Hayes No
Tom Morrison Aye
Tom Rutland No
Tonia Antoniazzi No
Tony Vaughan No
Torcuil Crichton No
Torsten Bell No
Tracy Gilbert No
Tristan Osborne No
Tulip Siddiq No
Vicky Foxcroft No
Victoria Collins Aye
Vikki Slade Aye
Warinder Juss No
Wendy Chamberlain Aye
Will Stone No
Yasmin Qureshi No
Yuan Yang No
Zarah Sultana No
Zöe Franklin Aye Teller
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Andy McDonald —
Angela Rayner —
Ann Davies —
Anna Dixon —
Aphra Brandreth —
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Ben Goldsborough —
Ben Lake —
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Bill Esterson —
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Bradley Thomas —
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