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 Alec Shelbrooke

Alec Shelbrooke consistently voted for (100% aligned) greater autonomy for schools.

Comparable Conservative MPs almost always voted for (94% 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
Academies Bill — Decline Second Reading 2010-07-19 no 100% against aligned
Academies Bill — Second Reading 2010-07-19 aye 100% agree aligned
Academies Bill — New Academies Only Where There is Proven Need -rejected 2010-07-21 no 100% against aligned
Academies Bill — Personal, Social and Health Education in Academy School Curricula -rejected 2010-07-21 no 100% against aligned
Academies Bill — Require Academies to Comply with the School Admissions Code — rejected 2010-07-21 no 100% against aligned
Academies Bill — Academy Schools to Comply with Exclusion and Behaviour Legislation — rejected 2010-07-21 no 100% against aligned
Academies Bill — Third Reading 2010-07-26 aye 100% agree aligned
Education Bill (second reading) 2011-02-08 aye 100% agree aligned
Education Bill — New Clause 9 — Requirement to achieve specified standard: suppliers of careers guidance 2011-05-11 no 100% against aligned
Education Bill — Third Reading 2011-05-11 aye 100% agree 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.
motion date person vote party alignment policy direction policy aligned
Academies Bill — Permitting Special Schools to Become Academies 2010-07-21 no 100% against aligned
Academies Bill — Selective Schools Becoming Academies Exempt from Requirement to Provide Education for Pupils of Different Abilities 2010-07-21 no 100% against aligned
Academies Bill — Clause 16 — Pre-commencement applications etc 2010-07-26 aye 100% agree aligned
Opposition Day — Require State School Teachers to Have or be Working Towards Qualified Teacher Status 2013-10-30 no 100% against aligned
Opposition Day — Qualified Teacher Status 2014-01-29 no 100% against aligned