[S1M-3879.1 (Amendment)] Decision Time — 12 Feb 2003 at 15:42

Kenny MacAskill MP, Lothians voted in the minority (No).

This looks like the vote on S1M-3879.1

The description in the bulletin on 2003-02-12 is:

*S1M-3879.1 Nicol Stephen: Education—As an amendment to motion (S1M-3879) in the name of Michael Russell, leave out from first "notes" to end and insert "welcomes the strategy for the future of education in Scotland published in Educating for Excellence: Choice and Opportunity with its focus on raising standards and closing the opportunity gap; supports the plans to reduce class sizes and the measures to improve literacy and numeracy and to ease transitions between key stages, and endorses the strategy’s key objectives of an education system centred on the needs of each individual child with a more flexible and relevant curriculum, a streamlined assessment system and greater parental involvement in our schools." Supported by: Cathy Jamieson*

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Text Introducing Division:

We have 11 questions as a result of today's business. The first question is that amendment S1M-3879.1, in the name of Nicol Stephen, which seeks to amend motion S1M-3879, in the name of Michael Russell, on education, 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 18094.7%
Green0 01100.0%
Independent0 1033.3%
Lab50 0090.9%
LDem14 0087.5%
SNP0 28084.8%
Total:64 47188.2%

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