[S2M-5779.1 (Amendment)] Decision Time — 22 Mar 2007 at 17:00

Mr Stewart Maxwell MP, West of Scotland voted in the minority (Aye).

This looks like the vote on S2M-5779.1

The description in the bulletin on 2007-03-22 is:

*S2M-5779.1 Colin Fox: Scotland in the United Kingdom—As an amendment to motion (S2M-5779) in the name of Ms Margaret Curran, leave out from "is a mutually beneficial relationship" to end and insert "thwarts Scotland’s economic, social, cultural and political development; believes that Scotland would be better off if it were independent from the UK; believes that an independent Scotland would remove Trident nuclear weapons from the Clyde, scrap the hated council tax and prescription charges and redistribute the great wealth of Scotland to address widening inequalities and would never have agreed to send Scottish soldiers to fight a war in Iraq that is considered by many to be illegal; believes that Scots have the same democratic rights to self-determination as the people of any other country, and looks forward to a Scotland that is independent, socially just and internationalist in its outlook."

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Text Introducing Division:

The fourth question is, that amendment S2M-5779.1, in the name of Colin Fox, which seeks to amend motion S2M-5779, in the name of Margaret Curran, on Scotland in the United Kingdom, 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
Con16 0094.1%
Green0 70100.0%
Independent0 2160.0%
Lab45 0090.0%
LDem15 0088.2%
SNP0 23092.0%
SSP0 3075.0%
Total:76 35189.6%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
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