[S2M-293.2 (Amendment)] Decision Time — 4 Sep 2003 at 17:01

This looks like the vote on S2M-293.2

The description in the bulletin on 2003-09-04 is:

*S2M-293.2 Tommy Sheridan: Closing the Opportunity Gap—As an amendment to motion (S2M-293) in the name of Ms Margaret Curran, leave out from "welcomes" to end and insert "condemns the failure of the Scottish Executive's policy over the last four years to deal with the problem of poverty in Scotland; notes the findings of the recent Rowntree report on poverty and social inclusion which shows that the proportion of the population living in poverty in Scotland has risen to 23% and the proportion of children in poverty to 30%; believes that the problem of poverty will never be solved until there is a fundamental redistribution of income and wealth which requires an independent Scotland, but considers, however, that even with its limited power the Parliament could begin this process by abolishing regressive council tax and introducing a Scottish service tax based on people's ability to pay and, in addition, introduce a minimum wage in the public sector of £7.50 an hour and free, nutritious school meals for all state school children in Scotland."

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Text Introducing Division:

Where are all the SSP members? The part-timers.

Where has Mr Raffan been all afternoon? Has he just swanned in? My members are securing the release of children from Dungavel.

Order. Mr Sheridan, a little bit of order.

Debate in Parliament | Historical Hansard | Source |

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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 0088.9%
Green0 0114.3%
Independent1 1066.7%
Lab47 0094.0%
LDem16 0094.1%
SNP22 1088.5%
SSCUP0 10100.0%
SSP0 3050.0%
Total:102 6185.2%

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
Bruce CrawfordMid Scotland and FifeSNPaye

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