[S1M-327] Decision Time — 2 Dec 1999 at 17:01

This looks like the vote on S1M-327

The description in the bulletin on 1999-11-26 is:

*S1M-327 Mr John Swinney: The Plight of Scotland's Pensioners—That the Parliament recognises the plight of our pensioners, many of whom are living on or near the poverty line; condemns the lack of action by both the Scottish Executive and Her Majesty’s Government to bring about a significant increase in the standard and quality of living of pensioners, and calls upon both the Scottish Executive and Her Majesty’s Government to implement a comprehensive action plan to rectify this situation, the top priority of which should be a substantial increase in the basic state retirement pension and the re-establishment of the link with earnings for future pension increases.    

The description in the bulletin on 1999-11-29 is:

S1M-327 Mr John Swinney: The Plight of Scotland's Pensioners—That the Parliament recognises the plight of our pensioners, many of whom are living on or near the poverty line; condemns the lack of action by both the Scottish Executive and Her Majesty’s Government to bring about a significant increase in the standard and quality of living of pensioners, and calls upon both the Scottish Executive and Her Majesty’s Government to implement a comprehensive action plan to rectify this situation, the top priority of which should be a substantial increase in the basic state retirement pension and the re-establishment of the link with earnings for future pension increases.  

The description in the bulletin on 1999-12-01 is:

S1M-327 The Plight of Scotland's Pensioners (lodged on 25 November 1999) Tricia Marwick*, Linda Fabiani*, Mr Lloyd Quinan*, Alasdair Morgan*  

The description in the bulletin on 1999-12-02 is:

S1M-327 The Plight of Scotland's Pensioners (lodged on 25 November 1999) Kay Ullrich*, Michael Matheson*, Mr Kenneth Gibson*  

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Text Introducing Division:

The second question is, that motion S1M-327, as amended, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

No.

There will be a division.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Aye)Minority (No)AbstentionsTurnout
Con0 000.0%
Green0 01100.0%
Independent0 0266.7%
Lab48 0085.7%
LDem14 0087.5%
SNP0 02781.8%
SSP0 01100.0%
Total:62 03172.7%

All MPs Eligible to Vote - sorted by constituency

Includes MPs who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Lewis MacdonaldAberdeen CentralLabaye
Elaine ThomsonAberdeen NorthLabaye
Nicol StephenAberdeen SouthLDemabsent
Karen WhitefieldAirdrie and ShottsLabaye
Andrew WelshAngusSNPabstention
George LyonArgyll and ButeLDemaye
Ian WelshAyrLababsent
Alex SalmondBanff and BuchanSNP (front bench)absent
Jamie StoneCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLDemaye
Cathy JamiesonCarrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleyLabaye
Henry McLeishCentral FifeLabaye
Linda FabianiCentral ScotlandSNPabstention
Donald GorrieCentral ScotlandLDemaye
Michael MathesonCentral ScotlandSNPabstention
Lyndsay McIntoshCentral ScotlandConabsent
Alex NeilCentral ScotlandSNPabstention
Gil PatersonCentral ScotlandSNPabstention
Andrew WilsonCentral ScotlandSNPabstention
Des McNultyClydebank and MilngavieLabaye
Karen GillonClydesdaleLabaye
Elaine SmithCoatbridge and ChrystonLababsent
Cathie CraigieCumbernauld and KilsythLabaye
Allan WilsonCunninghame NorthLabaye
Irene OldfatherCunninghame SouthLababsent
Jackie BaillieDumbartonLabaye
Elaine MurrayDumfriesLababsent
John McAllionDundee EastLabaye
Kate MacleanDundee WestLabaye
Helen EadieDunfermline EastLabaye
Scott BarrieDunfermline WestLabaye
Andy KerrEast KilbrideLabaye
John Home RobertsonEast LothianLabaye
Kenneth MacintoshEastwoodLabaye
Sarah BoyackEdinburgh CentralLabaye
Susan DeaconEdinburgh East and MusselburghLabaye
Malcolm ChisholmEdinburgh North and LeithLabaye
Iain GrayEdinburgh PentlandsLabaye
Angus MacKayEdinburgh SouthLabaye
Margaret SmithEdinburgh WestLDemaye
Cathy PeattieFalkirk EastLabaye
Dennis CanavanFalkirk WestIndependentabsent
Alasdair MorganGalloway and Upper NithsdaleSNPabsent
Bill AitkenGlasgowConabsent
Robert BrownGlasgowLDemaye
Dorothy-Grace ElderGlasgowwhilst Independentabstention
Kenneth GibsonGlasgowSNPabstention
Tommy SheridanGlasgowSSPabstention
Nicola SturgeonGlasgowSNPabstention
Sandra WhiteGlasgowSNPabstention
Donald DewarGlasgow AnnieslandLababsent
Margaret CurranGlasgow BailliestonLabaye
Mike WatsonGlasgow CathcartLabaye
Gordon JacksonGlasgow GovanLabaye
Pauline McNeillGlasgow KelvinLabaye
Patricia FergusonGlasgow MaryhillLabaye
Johann LamontGlasgow PollokLabaye
Janis HughesGlasgow RutherglenLabaye
Frank McAveetyGlasgow ShettlestonLababsent
Paul MartinGlasgow SpringburnLabaye
Nora RadcliffeGordonLDemaye
Duncan McNeilGreenock and InverclydeLabaye
Michael McMahonHamilton North and BellshillLabaye
Tom McCabeHamilton SouthLabaye
Dr Winnie EwingHighlands and IslandsSNPabstention
Rhoda GrantHighlands and IslandsLabaye
Duncan HamiltonHighlands and IslandsSNPabstention
Maureen MacmillanHighlands and IslandsLabaye
Jamie McGrigorHighlands and IslandsConabsent
Peter PeacockHighlands and IslandsLabaye
Mary ScanlonHighlands and IslandsConabsent
Fergus EwingInverness East, Nairn and LochaberSNPabstention
Margaret JamiesonKilmarnock and LoudounLabaye
Marilyn LivingstoneKirkcaldyLabaye
Mary MulliganLinlithgowLabaye
Bristow MuldoonLivingstonLabaye
Lord James [Missing last name for 80261]LothiansConabsent
Lord David [Missing last name for 80277]LothiansNone (front bench)absent
Robin HarperLothiansGreenabstention
Fiona HyslopLothiansSNPabstention
Kenny MacAskillLothiansSNPabstention
Margo MacDonaldLothianswhilst Independentabstention
David McLetchieLothiansConabsent
Bruce CrawfordMid Scotland and FifeSNPabstention
Keith HardingMid Scotland and FifeConabsent
Nick JohnstonMid Scotland and FifeConabsent
Tricia MarwickMid Scotland and FifeSNPabstention
Brian MonteithMid Scotland and FifeConabsent
Keith RaffanMid Scotland and FifeLDemaye
George ReidMid Scotland and FifeSNPabsent
Rhona BrankinMidlothianLabaye
Margaret EwingMoraySNPabstention
Rt Hon Jack McConnellMotherwell and WishawLabaye
Iain SmithNorth East FifeLDemaye
Brian AdamNorth East ScotlandSNPabstention
David DavidsonNorth East ScotlandConabsent
Alex JohnstoneNorth East ScotlandConabsent
Richard LochheadNorth East ScotlandSNPabstention
Irene McGuganNorth East ScotlandSNPabstention
Shona RobisonNorth East ScotlandSNPabsent
Ben WallaceNorth East ScotlandConabsent
John SwinneyNorth TaysideSNPabstention
Richard SimpsonOchilLabaye
Jim WallaceOrkney IslandsLDemaye
Wendy AlexanderPaisley NorthLabaye
Hugh HenryPaisley SouthLabaye
Roseanna CunninghamPerthSNPabstention
John Farquhar MunroRoss, Skye and Inverness WestLDemaye
Euan RobsonRoxburgh and BerwickshireLDemaye
Tavish ScottShetland IslandsLDemabsent
Alex FergussonSouth of ScotlandConabsent
Phil GallieSouth of ScotlandConabsent
Christine GrahameSouth of ScotlandSNPabstention
Adam IngramSouth of ScotlandSNPabsent
David MundellSouth of ScotlandConabsent
Michael RussellSouth of ScotlandSNPabstention
Murray ToshSouth of ScotlandConabsent
Sylvia JacksonStirlingLabaye
Sam GalbraithStrathkelvin and BearsdenLababsent
Ian JenkinsTweeddale, Ettrick and LauderdaleLDemaye
Mike RumblesWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineLDemaye
Colin CampbellWest of ScotlandSNPabstention
Ross FinnieWest of ScotlandLDemaye
Annabel GoldieWest of ScotlandConabsent
Fiona McLeodWest of ScotlandSNPabstention
Lloyd QuinanWest of ScotlandSNPabstention
Kay UllrichWest of ScotlandSNPabsent
John YoungWest of ScotlandConabsent
Trish GodmanWest RenfrewshireLababsent
Alasdair MorrisonWestern IslesLabaye

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