Coalition wins fees vote with a majority of 21

The final tally was 323 in favour of lifting the cap on tuition fees from £3,290 to £9,000 a year, with 302 against. The second vote, on raising the basic cap to £6,000, passed with the same majority. Although we don’t know the divisions yet, we can safely say that it’s the biggest rebellion of this Parliament so far – the lowest government majority until today was 51.

UPDATE 1: 28 Lib Dems voted with the government; 21 against; and 8 either didn’t vote or abstained. This is the biggest Lib Dem rebellion since the party was founded.

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UPDATE 2: Six Tories voted against the government:

Andrew Percy (Brigg & Goole)
David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden)
Philip Davies (Shipley)
Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood)
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley)
Julian Lewis (New Forest East)

And two abstained:

Tracey Crouch (Chatham & Aylesford)
Lee Scott (Ilford North)

UPDATE 3:
Here’s the list of Lib Dem rebels:

Annette Brooke (Dorset Mid & Poole North)
Sir Menzies Campbell (Fife North East)
Michael Crockart (Edinburgh West)
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale)
Andrew George (St Ives)
Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South)
Julian Huppert (Cambridge)
Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye & Lochaber)
John Leech (Manchester Withington)
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne)
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West)
John Pugh (Southport)
Alan Reid (Argyll & Bute)
Dan Rogerson (Cornwall North)
Bob Russell (Colchester)
Adrian Sanders (Torbay)
Ian Swales (Redcar)
Mark Williams (Ceredigion)
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire)
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central)
Simon Wright (Norwich South)

UPDATE 4: And the LIb Dem abstentions:

Lorely Burt (Solihull)
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) [away in Cancun]
Simon Hughes (Bermondsey & Old Southwark)
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh) [away in Cancun]
Tessa Munt (Wells)
Sir Robert Smith (Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine)
John Thurso (Caithness,...