[S2M-2597.3 (Amendment)] Decision Time — 17 Mar 2005 at 17:02

This looks like the vote on S2M-2597.3

The description in the bulletin on 2005-03-17 is:

*S2M-2597.3 Peter Peacock: Education—As an amendment to motion (S2M-2597) in the name of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, leave out from "acknowledges" to end and insert "recognises the dedication of teachers and support staff in Scotland’s schools to achieving excellent outcomes for the young people of Scotland; supports the Scottish Executive’s agenda for the most comprehensive modernisation programme in Scottish schools for a generation, as described in Ambitious, Excellent Schools; acknowledges the Executive’s commitment to building on the investment and successes in education over recent years; welcomes plans to bring a transformation in ambition and achievement through higher expectations for schools and school leadership, and recognises greater freedom for teachers and schools, better parental involvement and choice for pupils, increased and further enhancement of school/college partnerships to extend learning opportunities for pupils and better support for learning so that the individual needs of young people can be better met through tough, intelligent accountabilities to drive improvement." Supported by: Euan Robson*

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Text Introducing Division:

The first question is, that amendment S2M-2597.3, in the name of Peter Peacock, which seeks to amend motion S2M-2597, in the name of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, on education, 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 (Aye)Minority (No)AbstentionsTurnout
Con0 15083.3%
Green0 0571.4%
Independent3 0060.0%
Lab43 0087.8%
LDem17 00100.0%
SNP0 12084.0%
SSP0 3050.0%
Total:63 192584.3%

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Richard LochheadNorth East ScotlandSNPno

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