Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at 2:30 pm on 21st May 2003.
That is the end of voting. We now need a pause of several minutes to allow for the verification of the vote in the first round.
The total number of votes cast in the first round was 123. I declare the results as follows: Robert Brown 6, Margo MacDonald 14, Mr Duncan McNeil 70, John Scott 19, Mr Andrew Welsh 5, Abstentions 1. There were eight spoiled papers.