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Division 106 · 25 February 2025

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

Government Bill Education

What this vote was about

On 25 February 2025, MPs gave a Second Reading to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill. 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, which is intended to oversee skills, apprenticeships and technical education. A Second Reading approves the general principles of a Bill and allows it to proceed to detailed scrutiny in committee. MPs approved the Second Reading by 317 votes to 55. (Earlier the same day, a reasoned amendment seeking to decline the Bill a Second Reading was rejected.)

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AI-generated from the official voting record.

At a glance

The largest Aye bloc was Labour with 303 votes. The largest No bloc was Liberal Democrat with 57 votes. The 274 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).

317

Ayes

55

Noes

Passed

Result

376

Voted

Passed by 262 Ayes 317 / Noes 55

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 Aye 303 0 390
LD Liberal Democrat Voted No 0 57 71
Ind Independent No party whip 6 0 15
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 4 0 5
Green Green Party Voted Aye 4 0 4
TUV Traditional Unionist Voice Voted Aye 1 0 1
UUP Ulster Unionist Party Voted Aye 1 0 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
RUK Reform UK No clear majority 0 0 7
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
YP Your Party No clear majority 0 0 1
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 No
Adam Jogee Aye
Adam Thompson Aye
Adrian Ramsay Aye
Afzal Khan Aye
Alan Gemmell Aye
Alan Strickland Aye
Alex Brewer No
Alex Easton Aye
Alex Mayer Aye
Alex McIntyre Aye
Alice Macdonald Aye
Alison Bennett No
Alison Hume Aye
Alison Taylor Aye
Alistair Strathern Aye
Amanda Hack Aye
Amanda Martin Aye
Andrew Cooper Aye
Andrew George No
Andrew Lewin Aye
Andrew Pakes Aye
Andrew Ranger Aye
Andrew Western Aye
Andy MacNae Aye
Andy Slaughter Aye
Anna Gelderd Aye
Anna McMorrin Aye
Anna Sabine No
Anna Turley Aye
Anneliese Dodds Aye
Anneliese Midgley Aye
Antonia Bance Aye
Apsana Begum Aye
Ashley Dalton Aye
Baggy Shanker Aye
Bambos Charalambous Aye
Barry Gardiner Aye
Becky Gittins Aye
Ben Coleman Aye
Ben Maguire No
Bobby Dean No
Brian Leishman Aye
Bridget Phillipson Aye
Callum Anderson Aye
Calum Miller No
Carla Denyer Aye
Carla Lockhart Aye
Caroline Voaden No
Carolyn Harris Aye
Cat Smith Aye
Catherine Atkinson Aye
Catherine Fookes Aye
Catherine McKinnell Aye
Charlie Maynard No
Charlotte Nichols Aye
Chris Bloore Aye
Chris Bryant Aye
Chris Elmore Aye
Chris Evans Aye
Chris Hinchliff Aye
Chris McDonald Aye
Chris Murray Aye
Chris Vince Aye
Chris Webb Aye
Christian Wakeford Aye
Christine Jardine No
Claire Hazelgrove Aye
Claire Hughes Aye
Claire Young No
Clive Efford Aye
Clive Jones No
Clive Lewis Aye
Connor Naismith Aye
Daisy Cooper No
Dame Angela Eagle Aye
Dame Chi Onwurah Aye
Dame Diana Johnson Aye
Dame Meg Hillier Aye
Dan Aldridge Aye
Daniel Francis Aye
Daniel Zeichner Aye
Danny Beales Aye
Darren Paffey Aye
Dave Robertson Aye
David Baines Aye
David Chadwick No
David Pinto-Duschinsky Aye
David Smith Aye
David Taylor Aye
David Williams Aye
Dawn Butler Aye
Debbie Abrahams Aye
Deirdre Costigan Aye
Derek Twigg Aye
Douglas McAllister Aye
Dr Al Pinkerton No
Dr Allison Gardner Aye
Dr Beccy Cooper Aye
Dr Danny Chambers No
Dr Ellie Chowns Aye
Dr Jeevun Sandher Aye
Dr Marie Tidball Aye
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan Aye
Dr Roz Savage No
Dr Rupa Huq Aye
Dr Simon Opher Aye
Dr Zubir Ahmed Aye
Ed Miliband Aye
Elaine Stewart Aye
Emily Darlington Aye
Emma Hardy Aye
Euan Stainbank Aye
Fabian Hamilton Aye
Feryal Clark Aye
Fleur Anderson Aye
Frank McNally Aye
Fred Thomas Aye
Freddie van Mierlo No
Gareth Snell Aye
Gareth Thomas Aye
Gavin Robinson Aye
Gen Kitchen Aye Teller
Gerald Jones Aye
Gideon Amos No
Gill German Aye
Gordon McKee Aye
Graham Stringer Aye
Grahame Morris Aye
Gregor Poynton Aye
Gurinder Singh Josan Aye
Harpreet Uppal Aye
Helen Hayes Aye
Helen Maguire No
Helen Morgan No
Helena Dollimore Aye
Henry Tufnell Aye
Hilary Benn Aye
Ian Byrne Aye
Ian Lavery Aye
Ian Murray Aye
Ian Roome No
Ian Sollom No
Imogen Walker Aye
Imran Hussain Aye
Irene Campbell Aye
Jack Abbott Aye
Jacob Collier Aye
Jade Botterill Aye
Jake Richards Aye
James Asser Aye
James MacCleary No
James Murray Aye
Jamie Stone No
Janet Daby Aye
Jas Athwal Aye
Jayne Kirkham Aye
Jeff Smith Aye
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Aye
Jess Asato Aye
Jess Brown-Fuller No
Jessica Toale Aye
Jim Allister Aye
Jim Dickson Aye
Jim McMahon Aye
Jim Shannon Aye
Jo Platt Aye
Jo White Aye
Joani Reid Aye
Jodie Gosling Aye
Joe Morris Aye
Joe Powell Aye
John Grady Aye
John Healey Aye
John McDonnell Aye
John Slinger Aye
John Whitby Aye
Jon Trickett Aye
Jonathan Davies Aye
Jonathan Hinder Aye
Josh Babarinde No
Josh Dean Aye
Josh MacAlister Aye
Josh Newbury Aye
Josh Simons Aye
Julia Buckley Aye
Juliet Campbell Aye
Kanishka Narayan Aye
Karin Smyth Aye
Karl Turner Aye
Kate Dearden Aye
Kate Osamor Aye
Katie White Aye
Katrina Murray Aye
Keir Mather Aye
Kenneth Stevenson Aye
Kevin Bonavia Aye
Kevin McKenna Aye
Kim Johnson Aye
Kim Leadbeater Aye
Kirith Entwistle Aye
Kirsty McNeill Aye
Laura Kyrke-Smith Aye
Lauren Edwards Aye
Laurence Turner Aye
Layla Moran No
Lee Barron Aye
Lee Pitcher Aye
Leigh Ingham Aye
Lewis Atkinson Aye
Liam Byrne Aye
Liam Conlon Aye
Lillian Jones Aye
Linsey Farnsworth Aye
Lisa Nandy Aye
Lisa Smart No
Liz Jarvis No
Liz Kendall Aye
Liz Twist Aye
Lizzi Collinge Aye
Lloyd Hatton Aye
Lola McEvoy Aye
Lorraine Beavers Aye
Louise Haigh Aye
Louise Sandher-Jones Aye
Lucy Powell Aye
Luke Murphy Aye
Luke Myer Aye
Luke Taylor No
Manuela Perteghella No
Margaret Mullane Aye
Maria Eagle Aye
Marie Goldman No
Mark Ferguson Aye
Mark Sewards Aye
Markus Campbell-Savours Aye
Martin McCluskey Aye Teller
Martin Rhodes Aye
Mary Glindon Aye
Mary Kelly Foy Aye
Matt Rodda Aye
Matt Turmaine Aye
Matthew Patrick Aye
Matthew Pennycook Aye
Maureen Burke Aye
Max Wilkinson No
Maya Ellis Aye
Melanie Onn Aye
Michael Payne Aye
Michael Wheeler Aye
Michelle Scrogham Aye
Michelle Welsh Aye
Mike Kane Aye
Mike Martin No
Mike Reader Aye
Mike Tapp Aye
Mohammad Yasin Aye
Monica Harding No
Mr Alex Barros-Curtis Aye
Mr Angus MacDonald No
Mr Bayo Alaba Aye
Mr Calvin Bailey Aye
Mr Connor Rand Aye
Mr Douglas Alexander Aye
Mr Gregory Campbell Aye
Mr Hamish Falconer Aye
Mr James Frith Aye
Mr Joshua Reynolds No
Mr Paul Foster Aye
Mr Paul Kohler No
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Aye
Mr Toby Perkins Aye
Mrs Elsie Blundell Aye
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare Aye
Ms Julie Minns Aye
Ms Marie Rimmer Aye
Ms Stella Creasy Aye
Munira Wilson No
Natasha Irons Aye
Naushabah Khan Aye
Navendu Mishra Aye
Naz Shah Aye
Neil Coyle Aye
Neil Duncan-Jordan Aye
Nesil Caliskan Aye
Nick Smith Aye
Oliver Ryan Aye
Olivia Bailey Aye
Olivia Blake Aye
Olly Glover No
Pam Cox Aye
Pamela Nash Aye
Patricia Ferguson Aye
Patrick Hurley Aye
Paul Davies Aye
Paul Waugh Aye
Paula Barker Aye
Paulette Hamilton Aye
Perran Moon Aye
Peter Dowd Aye
Peter Swallow Aye
Pippa Heylings No
Preet Kaur Gill Aye
Rachael Maskell Aye
Rachel Blake Aye
Rachel Gilmour No
Rachel Hopkins Aye
Rachel Taylor Aye
Rebecca Long Bailey Aye
Richard Baker Aye
Richard Burgon Aye
Richard Quigley Aye
Robin Swann Aye
Rosie Duffield Aye
Rosie Wrighting Aye
Rushanara Ali Aye
Ruth Cadbury Aye
Ruth Jones Aye
Sadik Al-Hassan Aye
Sally Jameson Aye
Sam Carling Aye
Samantha Dixon Aye
Samantha Niblett Aye
Sarah Coombes Aye
Sarah Edwards Aye
Sarah Gibson No
Sarah Green No
Sarah Olney No
Sarah Owen Aye
Sarah Russell Aye
Satvir Kaur Aye
Sean Woodcock Aye
Shaun Davies Aye
Siân Berry Aye
Simon Lightwood Aye
Sir Alan Campbell Aye
Sir Mark Tami Aye
Sir Nicholas Dakin Aye
Sir Stephen Timms Aye
Sojan Joseph Aye
Sonia Kumar Aye
Steff Aquarone No
Stephen Kinnock Aye
Stephen Morgan Aye
Steve Witherden Aye
Steve Yemm Aye
Sureena Brackenridge Aye
Susan Murray No Teller
Tahir Ali Aye
Taiwo Owatemi Aye
Terry Jermy Aye
Tessa Munt No
Tim Farron No
Tim Roca Aye
Tom Collins Aye
Tom Gordon No
Tom Hayes Aye
Tom Morrison No
Tom Rutland Aye
Tonia Antoniazzi Aye
Tony Vaughan Aye
Torcuil Crichton Aye
Torsten Bell Aye
Tracy Gilbert Aye
Tristan Osborne Aye
Tulip Siddiq Aye
Vicky Foxcroft Aye
Victoria Collins No
Vikki Slade No
Warinder Juss Aye
Wendy Chamberlain No
Will Stone Aye
Yasmin Qureshi Aye
Yuan Yang Aye
Zarah Sultana Aye
Zöe Franklin No Teller
Abtisam Mohamed —
Al Carns —
Alan Mak —
Alberto Costa —
Alex Baker —
Alex Ballinger —
Alex Burghart —
Alex Davies-Jones —
Alex Norris —
Alex Sobel —
Alicia Kearns —
Alison Griffiths —
Alison McGovern —
Andrew Bowie —
Andrew Griffith —
Andrew Gwynne —
Andrew Rosindell —
Andy McDonald —
Angela Rayner —
Ann Davies —
Anna Dixon —
Aphra Brandreth —
Ayoub Khan —
Bell Ribeiro-Addy —
Ben Goldsborough —
Ben Lake —
Ben Obese-Jecty —
Bill Esterson —
Blair McDougall —
Blake Stephenson —
Bob Blackman —
Bradley Thomas —
Brendan O'Hara —
Brian Mathew —
Cameron Thomas —
Caroline Nokes —
Cat Eccles —
Catherine West —
Charlie Dewhirst —
Charlotte Cane —
Chris Coghlan —
Chris Curtis —
Chris Hazzard —
Chris Kane —
Chris Law —
Chris Philp —
Chris Ward —
Claire Coutinho —
Claire Hanna —
Colum Eastwood —
Dáire Hughes —
Dame Caroline Dinenage —
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Damian Hinds —
Damien Egan —
Dan Carden —
Dan Jarvis —
Dan Norris —
Dan Tomlinson —
Danny Kruger —
Darren Jones —
Dave Doogan —
David Burton-Sampson —
David Davis —
David Mundell —
David Reed —
David Simmonds —
Dr Andrew Murrison —
Dr Ben Spencer —
Dr Caroline Johnson —
Dr Kieran Mullan —
Dr Lauren Sullivan —
Dr Luke Evans —
Dr Neil Hudson —
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst —
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Dr Sam Rushworth —
Dr Scott Arthur —
Ed Davey —
Edward Argar —
Edward Morello —
Ellie Reeves —
Emily Thornberry —
Emma Foody —
Emma Lewell —
Emma Reynolds —
Esther McVey —
Florence Eshalomi —
Gareth Bacon —
Gareth Davies —
George Freeman —
Georgia Gould —
Gill Furniss —
Graeme Downie —
Graham Leadbitter —
Graham Stuart —
Greg Smith —
Gregory Stafford —
Harriet Cross —
Heidi Alexander —
Helen Grant —
Helen Whately —
Iqbal Mohamed —
Jack Rankin —
James Cartlidge —
James McMurdock —
James Naish —
James Wild —
Jen Craft —
Jeremy Corbyn —
Jerome Mayhew —
Jess Phillips —
Jesse Norman —
Jessica Morden —
Jo Stevens —
Joe Robertson —
Johanna Baxter —
John Cooper —
John Finucane —
John Glen —
John Lamont —
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Jonathan Reynolds —
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Joy Morrissey —
Judith Cummins —
Julia Lopez —
Justin Madders —
Kate Osborne —
Katie Lam —
Kerry McCarthy —
Kevin Hollinrake —
Kirsteen Sullivan —
Kirsty Blackman —
Kit Malthouse —
Laura Trott —
Lee Anderson —
Lewis Cocking —
Lilian Greenwood —
Lincoln Jopp —
Liz Saville Roberts —
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Lucy Rigby —
Luke Akehurst —
Luke Pollard —
Mark Garnier —
Mark Pritchard —
Marsha De Cordova —
Martin Vickers —
Martin Wrigley —
Mary Creagh —
Matt Bishop —
Matt Vickers —
Matt Western —
Melanie Ward —
Miatta Fahnbulleh —
Michael Shanks —
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Mike Wood —
Mims Davies —
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Mr Gagan Mohindra —
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Mr Lee Dillon —
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Nadia Whittome —
Natalie Fleet —
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Nick Timothy —
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Noah Law —
Órfhlaith Begley —
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Patrick Spencer —
Paul Holmes —
Paul Maskey —
Pete Wishart —
Peter Fortune —
Peter Kyle —
Peter Lamb —
Phil Brickell —
Priti Patel —
Rachel Reeves —
Rebecca Harris —
Rebecca Paul —
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Richard Foord —
Richard Fuller —
Richard Tice —
Rishi Sunak —
Robbie Moore —
Robert Jenrick —
Rupert Lowe —
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Saqib Bhatti —
Sarah Bool —
Sarah Champion —
Sarah Dyke —
Sarah Hall —
Sarah Jones —
Sarah Sackman —
Sarah Smith —
Seamus Logan —
Seema Malhotra —
Shabana Mahmood —
Shivani Raja —
Shockat Adam —
Simon Hoare —
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Sir Andrew Mitchell —
Sir Ashley Fox —
Sir Bernard Jenkin —
Sir Christopher Chope —
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Sir Edward Leigh —
Sir Gavin Williamson —
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Sir Mark Hendrick —
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Sorcha Eastwood —
Stephanie Peacock —
Stephen Doughty —
Stephen Flynn —
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Steve Barclay —
Steve Darling —
Steve Race —
Steve Reed —
Stuart Anderson —
Stuart Andrew —
Suella Braverman —
Tom Tugendhat —
Uma Kumaran —
Valerie Vaz —
Victoria Atkins —
Wendy Morton —
Wera Hobhouse —
Wes Streeting —
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