[S1M-3943.1 (Amendment)] Decision Time — 26 Feb 2003 at 16:49

Kenny MacAskill MP, Lothians voted in the minority (Aye).

This looks like the vote on S1M-3943.1

The description in the bulletin on 2003-02-26 is:

*S1M-3943.1 Irene McGugan: Educational Attainment for Looked After Children—As an amendment to motion (S1M-3943) in the name of Cathy Jamieson, leave out from "the use" to end and insert "funding and other initiatives to improve attainment of looked after children; regrets, however, that progress has been so slow, particularly as the Scottish Executive has brought this and associated issues with regard to looked after children to debate in the Parliament on no less than four previous occasions; recognises that the issues cannot be resolved without adequate qualified staff in the system; supports wholeheartedly better integrated children’s services but suggests that the Executive desist from blaming local authorities and local authority staff for the problems caused by its own and previous governments’ policy failures, and therefore urges the Executive to acknowledge and address the financial and staffing pressures that local authorities face every day in attempting to meet their statutory duties." Supported by: Michael Russell*

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Text Introducing Division:

The next question is, that amendment S1M-3943.1, in the name of Irene McGugan, which seeks to amend Cathy Jamieson's motion on educational attainment for looked-after children, be agreed to. Are we all 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 (No)Minority (Aye)AbstentionsTurnout
Con16 0084.2%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 2066.7%
Lab49 0089.1%
LDem16 00100.0%
SNP1 27084.8%
Total:82 30088.2%

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Lloyd QuinanWest of ScotlandSNPno

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