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Division 127 · 18 March 2025

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7

At a glance

This division was rejected on 18 March 2025 by a margin of 236, with 77 Ayes and 313 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Liberal Democrat with 59 votes. The largest No bloc was Labour with 309 votes. The 258 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by The Minister for School Standards. This division took place during a debate on Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

77

Ayes

313

Noes

Rejected

Result

391

Voted

Rejected by 236 Ayes 77 / Noes 313

The motion

Proposed by The Minister for School Standards

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Lab Labour Voted No 0 309 391
LD Liberal Democrat Voted Aye 59 0 71
Ind Independent No party whip 6 4 14
RUK Reform UK Voted Aye 4 0 8
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 4 0 5
Green Green Party Voted Aye 3 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 12
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 Aye
Alan Gemmell No
Alan Strickland No
Alex Baker No
Alex Ballinger No
Alex Brewer Aye
Alex Easton Aye
Alex Mayer No
Alex McIntyre No
Alex Norris No
Alison Bennett Aye
Alison Hume No
Alison McGovern No
Alison Taylor No
Alistair Strathern No
Amanda Hack No
Amanda Martin No
Andrew Cooper No
Andrew George Aye
Andrew Gwynne No
Andrew Lewin No
Andrew Pakes No
Andrew Ranger No
Andy MacNae No
Andy McDonald No
Andy Slaughter No
Anna Dixon No
Anna Sabine Aye
Anna Turley No Teller
Anneliese Dodds No
Anneliese Midgley No
Antonia Bance No
Apsana Begum Aye
Baggy Shanker No
Bambos Charalambous No
Bell Ribeiro-Addy No
Ben Goldsborough No
Bill Esterson No
Blair McDougall No
Bobby Dean Aye
Brian Leishman No
Bridget Phillipson No
Callum Anderson No
Calum Miller Aye
Carla Denyer Aye
Carla Lockhart Aye
Caroline Voaden Aye
Carolyn Harris No
Cat Eccles No
Cat Smith No
Catherine Atkinson No
Catherine McKinnell No
Catherine West No
Charlie Maynard Aye
Charlotte Cane Aye
Charlotte Nichols No
Chris Bryant No
Chris Coghlan Aye
Chris Curtis No
Chris Elmore No
Chris Kane No
Chris McDonald No
Chris Murray No
Chris Vince No
Chris Ward No
Chris Webb No
Christian Wakeford No Teller
Claire Hazelgrove No
Claire Hughes No
Claire Young Aye
Clive Efford No
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
Dame Nia Griffith No
Dame Siobhain McDonagh No
Damien Egan No
Dan Aldridge No
Dan Carden No
Dan Jarvis No
Dan Tomlinson No
Daniel Francis No
Daniel Zeichner No
Danny Beales No
Darren Jones No
Darren Paffey No
Dave Robertson No
David Baines No
David Burton-Sampson No
David Chadwick Aye
David Smith No
David Taylor No
David Williams No
Dawn Butler No
Debbie Abrahams No
Deirdre Costigan No
Douglas McAllister No
Dr Al Pinkerton Aye
Dr Beccy Cooper No
Dr Danny Chambers Aye
Dr Jeevun Sandher No
Dr Lauren Sullivan No
Dr Marie Tidball No
Dr Peter Prinsley No
Dr Roz Savage Aye
Dr Rupa Huq No
Dr Zubir Ahmed No
Ed Davey Aye
Edward Morello Aye
Elaine Stewart No
Emily Darlington No
Emily Thornberry No
Emma Foody No
Emma Hardy No
Emma Lewell No
Euan Stainbank No
Fabian Hamilton No
Fleur Anderson No
Florence Eshalomi No
Fred Thomas No
Gareth Snell No
Gavin Robinson Aye
Gen Kitchen No
Georgia Gould No
Gideon Amos Aye
Gill Furniss No
Gill German No
Gordon McKee No
Grahame Morris No
Gregor Poynton No
Gurinder Singh Josan No
Harpreet Uppal No
Helen Maguire Aye
Helen Morgan Aye
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
Irene Campbell No
Jack Abbott No
Jade Botterill No
Jake Richards No
James Asser No
James McMurdock Aye
Jamie Stone Aye
Janet Daby No
Jas Athwal No
Jayne Kirkham No
Jeff Smith No
Jen Craft No
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter No
Jeremy Corbyn Aye
Jess Asato No
Jessica Morden No
Jessica Toale No
Jim Allister Aye
Jim Dickson No
Jim McMahon No
Jim Shannon Aye
Jo Platt No
Jo Stevens No
Jo White No
Joani Reid No
Jodie Gosling No
Joe Morris No
Joe Powell No
Johanna Baxter No
John Grady No
John McDonnell No
John Milne Aye
John Slinger No
Jon Pearce 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
Justin Madders 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
Kerry McCarthy No
Kevin Bonavia No
Kevin McKenna No
Kim Leadbeater No
Kirith Entwistle No
Kirsteen Sullivan 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
Lilian Greenwood No
Linsey Farnsworth No
Lisa Smart Aye
Liz Jarvis Aye
Liz Twist No
Lizzi Collinge No
Lloyd Hatton No
Lola McEvoy No
Lorraine Beavers No
Louise Sandher-Jones No
Lucy Powell No
Lucy Rigby No
Luke Akehurst 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
Markus Campbell-Savours No
Martin McCluskey No
Martin Wrigley Aye
Mary Glindon No
Mary Kelly Foy No
Matt Rodda No
Matt Turmaine No
Matt Western No
Matthew Patrick No
Matthew Pennycook No
Maureen Burke No
Max Wilkinson Aye
Maya Ellis No
Melanie Onn No
Melanie Ward No
Miatta Fahnbulleh No
Michael Payne No
Michael Shanks No
Michael Wheeler No
Michelle Scrogham No
Michelle Welsh No
Mike Martin Aye
Mike Reader No
Mike Tapp No
Mohammad Yasin No
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 Jonathan Brash No
Mr Joshua Reynolds Aye
Mr Lee Dillon Aye
Mr Luke Charters No
Mr Paul Foster No
Mr Paul Kohler Aye
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi No
Mr Will Forster Aye
Mrs Elsie Blundell No
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare No
Ms Diane Abbott No
Ms Julie Minns No
Ms Marie Rimmer No
Ms Polly Billington No
Munira Wilson Aye
Natasha Irons No
Naushabah Khan No
Navendu Mishra No
Naz Shah No
Neil Coyle No
Nick Smith No
Nigel Farage Aye
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 Lamb No
Peter Swallow No
Phil Brickell No
Preet Kaur Gill No
Rachael Maskell No
Rachel Blake No
Rachel Hopkins No
Rachel Taylor No
Rebecca Long Bailey No
Richard Baker No
Richard Burgon No
Richard Foord Aye
Richard Quigley No
Richard Tice Aye
Robin Swann Aye
Rosie Duffield No
Rushanara Ali No
Ruth Cadbury No
Ruth Jones No
Sadik Al-Hassan No
Sally Jameson No
Sam Carling No
Samantha Niblett No
Sarah Coombes No
Sarah Dyke Aye
Sarah Edwards No
Sarah Gibson Aye
Sarah Green Aye
Sarah Hall No
Sarah Olney Aye
Sarah Owen No
Sarah Russell No
Sarah Sackman No
Sarah Smith No
Satvir Kaur No
Sean Woodcock No
Seema Malhotra No
Shockat Adam Aye
Siân Berry Aye
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 Darling Aye
Steve Reed 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 Teller
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
Tracy Gilbert No
Tristan Osborne No
Valerie Vaz No
Vicky Foxcroft No
Victoria Collins Aye
Vikki Slade Aye
Warinder Juss No
Wendy Chamberlain Aye
Will Stone No
Yuan Yang No
Zarah Sultana Aye
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Afzal Khan —
Al Carns —
Alan Mak —
Alberto Costa —
Alex Burghart —
Alex Davies-Jones —
Alex Sobel —
Alice Macdonald —
Alicia Kearns —
Alison Griffiths —
Andrew Bowie —
Andrew Griffith —
Andrew Rosindell —
Andrew Western —
Angela Rayner —
Ann Davies —
Anna Gelderd —
Anna McMorrin —
Aphra Brandreth —
Ashley Dalton —
Ayoub Khan —
Barry Gardiner —
Becky Gittins —
Ben Coleman —
Ben Lake —
Ben Maguire —
Ben Obese-Jecty —
Blake Stephenson —
Bob Blackman —
Bradley Thomas —
Brendan O'Hara —
Brian Mathew —
Cameron Thomas —
Caroline Nokes —
Catherine Fookes —
Charlie Dewhirst —
Chris Bloore —
Chris Evans —
Chris Hazzard —
Chris Hinchliff —
Chris Law —
Chris Philp —
Christine Jardine —
Claire Coutinho —
Claire Hanna —
Clive Jones —
Colum Eastwood —
Dáire Hughes —
Dame Caroline Dinenage —
Dame Harriett Baldwin —
Dame Karen Bradley —
Damian Hinds —
Dan Norris —
Danny Kruger —
Dave Doogan —
David Davis —
David Mundell —
David Pinto-Duschinsky —
David Reed —
David Simmonds —
Derek Twigg —
Dr Allison Gardner —
Dr Andrew Murrison —
Dr Ben Spencer —
Dr Caroline Johnson —
Dr Ellie Chowns —
Dr Kieran Mullan —
Dr Luke Evans —
Dr Neil Hudson —
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst —
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan —
Dr Sam Rushworth —
Dr Scott Arthur —
Dr Simon Opher —
Ed Miliband —
Edward Argar —
Ellie Reeves —
Emma Reynolds —
Esther McVey —
Feryal Clark —
Frank McNally —
Freddie van Mierlo —
Gareth Bacon —
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Gareth Thomas —
George Freeman —
Gerald Jones —
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Gregory Stafford —
Harriet Cross —
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Iqbal Mohamed —
Jack Rankin —
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James Cartlidge —
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James Naish —
James Wild —
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Jess Phillips —
Jesse Norman —
Joe Robertson —
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Mark Sewards —
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Martin Vickers —
Mary Creagh —
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Matt Vickers —
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Mike Wood —
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Sarah Jones —
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Tom Tugendhat —
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Torsten Bell —
Tulip Siddiq —
Uma Kumaran —
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Wendy Morton —
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