[S2M-1733.3 (Amendment)] Decision Time — 23 Sep 2004 at 16:55

Dennis Canavan MP, Falkirk West voted with the majority (No).

This looks like the vote on S2M-1733.3

The description in the bulletin on 2004-09-23 is:

*S2M-1733.3 Mr Jamie McGrigor: A Sporting Scotland is a Successful Scotland—As an amendment to motion (S2M-1733) in the name of Mr Frank McAveety, leave out from first "recognises" to end and insert "laments the lack of significant progress made since devolution in increasing participation in sport; congratulates Scotland’s sportsmen and women, particularly the medallists at the recent Olympics and those competing for medals at the Paralympics currently under way in Athens, Andrew Murray at the US Open and most recently Colin Montgomerie as part of the successful European team in the Ryder Cup; endorses the Scottish Executive’s ambitions to attract major sporting events in Scotland, building on the successful rugby U21 World Cup; believes that the Executive’s fixation with arbitrary targets and control of sport is counter-productive, and believes that, rather than over-spending on consultations, initiatives and glossy brochures, funding should be channelled directly to schools and national governing bodies to be spent on facilities and training."

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Text Introducing Division:

The second question is, that amendment S2M-1733.3, in the name of Jamie McGrigor, which seeks to amend motion S2M-1733, in the name of Frank McAveety, on a sporting Scotland is a successful Scotland, 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 (No)Minority (Aye)AbstentionsTurnout
Con0 15083.3%
Green7 00100.0%
Independent3 0075.0%
Lab47 0094.0%
LDem14 0082.4%
SNP5 0020.0%
SSCUP0 01100.0%
SSP2 0033.3%
Total:78 15173.4%

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