Autonomy for Schools

Policy description

There have been votes in Parliament on giving greater autonomy for schools, including on if more schools should be able to obtain the financial and managerial freedom from local authority control associated with "academy" status, and the degree of freedom schools ought have in relation to admissions policies.

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Analysis for Julia Goldsworthy

Julia Goldsworthy consistently voted against (0% aligned) greater autonomy for schools.

Comparable Liberal Democrat MPs consistently voted against (0% aligned).

Scoring Divisions

Scoring divisions are used to calculate the headline alignment between a person and a policy.

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Guide to columns

  • person vote: the vote cast by the person

  • party alignment: how aligned this vote was with other members of the person’s party. Higher numbers indicate less difference from the average vote of the party.

  • policy direction: if an aye vote is aligned or against the overall policy.

  • policy alignment: if this MP's vote was aligned with the policy.

  • annotation: links to public statements or explanations for the vote, if available.

motion date person vote party alignment policy direction policy aligned
Education and Inspections Bill — Second Reading 2006-03-15 no 100% agree not aligned
Education and Inspections Bill — Duty to encourage schools to become foundation schools — rejected 2006-05-23 no 100% agree not aligned
Education and Inspections Bill — Third Reading 2006-05-24 no 100% agree not aligned

Informative Divisions

Informative votes are thematically related to a policy, but do not count towards the overall score.

Guide to columns

  • annotation: links to public statements or explanations for the vote, if available.