Abstentions

In a test of the EU’s global climate credentials, the legislature supported the European Commission plan in a razor-thin 324-312 vote with 12 abstentions.

In a vote, proposed by Cllr Louise Hughes, seconded by Anne Lloyd Jones, the committee members followed the officers' recommendations, and voted 12 in favour, no abstentions and two against.

Unlike Xi, who received the body's full endorsement, Li's tally included three opposed and eight abstentions.

Some have said they feel unable to back the cut on Tuesday, but there will likely be more backbench abstentions than votes against it after the suspension of seven MPs who opposed the Government over the two-child benefit cap.

The EU was similarly split in that vote as well, with 14 states in favor, two against and 11 abstentions.

The motion was passed with 25 votes for, six against and 12 abstentions.

Four times, TDs trooped up and down the stairs to vote for their chosen candidate – Leo Varadkar, Micheál Martin, Mary Lou McDonald and Eamon Ryan, each ballot doomed to fall far short of the magic number of 80 votes and/or abstentions.

In their virtual meeting Monday, Northwestern University Political Union members narrowly voted 6-5, with six abstentions, in favor of the resolution that the U.S. government should bail out big businesses in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The proposal on Thursday in the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee — the committee that deals with human rights and humanitarian affairs — passed 163 to 5, with 10 abstentions.

With 112 votes in favor, zero against and 15 abstentions, the national representation accepted the resignation of Araoz Fernandez from her position in the Executive Branch.

After a three-hour debate Wednesday, lawmakers voted 544 in favour, 126 against with 38 abstentions in the parliament’s plenary in Strasbourg, France.

After nearly two weeks of deliberation, there were two vetoes and three abstentions on a vote to transfer ownership of the box to the UN.

Campaigners welcomed the passing of the new legislation, which was approved by 113 votes to zero with six abstentions.

It is not clear yet how many of these were deliberate abstentions (ie, in defiance of the whip), and how many were approved absences, but it would be unusual to have this many ministers having permission not to vote in a division like this.

Lawmakers in Mexico City’s Congress on Friday voted 38-0, with eight abstentions, in favor of a bill to remove a line in the Civic Culture Law which said prostitutes and their clients can be fined or arrested if neighbors complained.

The abstentions would not be noted in the official record.

The motion, tabled by Sinn Féin, was voted down by 58 votes to 53 with 40 abstentions.

The UN rights forum adopted an annual resolution on the Syrian Golan, brought by Pakistan on behalf of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), with 26 states in favour, 16 against and 5 abstentions.

Ukraine, Brazil and Australia were among the eight countries that voted against the resolution, which passed with a majority of 23 yes votes and 15 abstentions.

Aloni was confirmed with a vote of six yes votes, two no votes and four abstentions.