Friday, September 02, 2011

Today's vote in detail

I know the mainstream press is full of the Edinburgh Tram story today ---

--- but I did promise to try and post up all the Political Groups' Amendments from the Council Meeting - and I do have them all scanned into a single PDF now and you can see them here ...

... voting followed a similar pattern to last week, but - quite clearly, that announcement via Transport Scotland (on Tuesday) was deemed a 'material change of circumstance' and affected the positions taken.

For those interested in the actual detail I'll try and outline the complete process as I did previously:
  • Lib-Dems had a 'Motion' to support the St. Andrew Square option - known as Motion
  • Labour had an 'Amendment' requesting further funding from the Scottish Government - known as Amendment 1
  • SNP had an 'Amendment' outlining their general position on trams and supporting the St. Andrew Square option - known as Amendment 2
  • Tories had an 'Amendment' seeking withdrawal from the current contract - known as Amendment 3
  • Greens had an 'Amendment' seeking some clarification and supporting the St. Andrew Square option - known as Amendment 4

ROUND 1
  • Motion gets 15 votes (Lib-Dems - one absent)
  • Amendment 1 gets 15 votes (Labour)
  • Amendment 2 gets 13 votes (SNP)
  • Amendment 3 gets 9 votes (Tories - two absent)
  • Amendment 4 gets 3 votes (Greens)

ROUND 2 (Amendment 4 has fallen)
  • Motion gets 15 votes (Lib-Dems)
  • Amendment 1 gets 15 votes (Labour)
  • Amendment 2 gets 13 votes (SNP)
  • Amendment 3 gets 9 votes (Tories)
  • 3 Councillors Abstain (Greens)

ROUND 3 (Amendment 3 has now fallen)
  • Motion gets 15 votes (Lib-Dems)
  • Amendment 1 gets 15 votes (Labour)
  • Amendment 2 gets 13 votes (SNP)
  • 12 Councillors Abstain (Greens + Tories)

ROUND 4 (Amendment 2 has now fallen)
  • Motion gets 28 votes (Lib-Dems + SNP)
  • Amendment 1 gets 15 votes (Labour)
  • 12 Councillors Abstain (Greens + Tories)

So the 'Motion' was passed - and remember, you can see the text of all the Groups' positions here.

Hope the above is helpful in explaining exactly what happened.

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