[S2M-2265.2 (Amendment)] Decision Time — 19 Jan 2005 at 17:00

This looks like the vote on S2M-2265.2

The description in the bulletin on 2005-01-19 is:

*S2M-2265.2 Christine Grahame: Closing the Opportunity Gap—As an amendment to motion (S2M-2265) in the name of Malcolm Chisholm, leave out from "and extending" to end and insert "but only in very limited areas; notes that one in three children, one in five working-age adults and one in five pensioners live in relative poverty despite Scotland’s wealth; notes the recent report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Strategies Against Poverty, published in December 2004 which highlighted the link between deprivation and problems such as crime, poor health, premature death, family breakdown and poor educational attainment; further notes that, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, what is required is a modest redistribution of wealth, and believes that, without power over the macro-economy, tax and benefits, any progress towards eradicating poverty will continue to be minimal so that many of Scotland’s children will continue to be born to fail and our pensioners will live in poverty or on its margins." Motions and amendments which have attracted additional support

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Text Introducing Division:

There are seven questions to be put as a result of today's business. The first question is, that amendment S2M-2265.2, in the name of Christine Grahame, which seeks to amend motion S2M-2265, in the name of Malcolm Chisholm, on closing the opportunity gap, 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 0088.9%
Green0 70100.0%
Independent1 22100.0%
Lab46 0093.9%
LDem16 0094.1%
SNP0 21084.0%
SSCUP0 10100.0%
SSP0 5083.3%
Total:79 36291.4%

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