§ 00 Issue21 named divisions1 bill

Schools

Primary and secondary education

§ 01How parties voted14 parties

Government alignment shows how often each party voted with the government's stated position. Issue-aligned direction shows agreement with the AI-identified supportive stance.

§ 02Bills & votesGrouped by bill
15 Apr 2026Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion relating to Lords Amendment 38Aye = Support the government's position of rejecting Lords Amendment 38, restoring the original Commons text of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill · No = Support retaining Lords Amendment 38, backing the change made by the House of Lords to the Bill258 · 152Passed15 Apr 2026Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion relating to Lords Amendment 102Aye = Support the government's position of rejecting or disagreeing with Lords Amendment 102 to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill · No = Support retaining Lords Amendment 102, opposing the government's attempt to remove or replace it261 · 138Passed15 Apr 2026Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion relating to Lords Amendment 106Aye = Support the government's position to disagree with Lords Amendment 106, effectively rejecting the Lords' change to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill · No = Support retaining Lords Amendment 106, backing the change the unelected chamber made to the Bill248 · 146Passed15 Apr 2026Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41BAye = Support the government's decision to reject Lords Amendment 41B and restore the Commons' original position on this clause of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill · No = Support retaining the Lords' amendment 41B, opposing the government's attempt to override the change made by the upper chamber255 · 146Passed9 Mar 2026Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17Aye = Support the government's rejection of the Lords amendment on sibling relationships for looked-after children, trusting that wider social care reforms will better address the issue · No = Support the Lords amendment to strengthen protections for sibling relationships among looked-after children, disagreeing that existing or planned reforms are sufficient308 · 181Passed9 Mar 2026Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16Aye = Support the government's rejection of a mandatory funding review for the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund, trusting existing ministerial commitments are sufficient · No = Back the Lords amendment requiring a formal review of funding for adoptive and special guardian families, arguing greater scrutiny and accountability is needed310 · 183Passed9 Mar 2026Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38Aye = Support the government's position of rejecting the Lords' proposed under-16 social media ban, preferring alternative regulatory approaches rather than an outright ban · No = Support the Lords amendment to ban under-16s from social media, arguing this is necessary to protect children from harmful algorithms and content309 · 174Passed9 Mar 2026Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102Aye = Support the government's power to reduce pupil admission numbers at oversubscribed good and outstanding schools, rejecting the Lords' protection of parental choice · No = Oppose restricting good and outstanding schools from admitting more pupils, arguing parental choice drives school improvement and popular schools should be allowed to grow317 · 163Passed9 Mar 2026Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106Aye = Support the government's position that strengthened guidance is sufficient to enforce mobile phone bans in schools, rejecting a statutory requirement added by the Lords · No = Support the Lords amendment to enshrine a mobile phone ban in schools in law, rather than relying on government guidance305 · 178Passed9 Mar 2026Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44Aye = Support the government's rejection of the Lords amendment, keeping the existing approach where families can be referred to support programmes without a new consent requirement · No = Back the Lords amendment requiring parental consent for referrals to child protection support, arguing this would better safeguard children like Sara Sharif315 · 110Passed
How is this calculated?

Government alignment shows how often a party's MPs voted with the government's stated position on this issue. This is the most comparable metric across parties, as it measures the same reference point for everyone.

Issue-aligned direction shows how often MPs voted in the direction tagged as supportive of this issue by AI analysis. For example, if a vote is tagged “pro-environment”, an Aye vote counts as aligned.

Sources
Commons Votes APIcommonsvotes-api.parliament.uk
LicenceOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
AI analysisVote stance tagging · Claude 4.x