Business Motion — First Minister — 16 May 2007 at 10:47
That concludes this round of voting. There will be a break of up to five minutes while the votes are verified.
In the first round of voting in the selection of Parliament's nominee for First Minister, the number of votes cast for each candidate was: Annabel Goldie 16, Jack McConnell 46, Alex Salmond 49, Nicol Stephen 16, Abstentions 1. There were no spoiled votes.
VOTES FOR ANNABEL GOLDIE
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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.
| Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Abstentions | Turnout |
| Con | 15 | 0 | 0 | 93.8% |
| Lab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| LDem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Total: | 15 | 0 | 0 | 19.2% |
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