Reducing Child Poverty - Amendment 1

Division held on 15 April 2024. The Amendment Was Therefore Agreed

Decision type: Simple Majority
Method: Lobby Division
Result: The Amendment Was Therefore Agreed
Debate: Child Poverty

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The motion voted on

Motion Amendment (Private Members' Motion): Reducing Child Poverty - Amendment 1

Leave out all after ‘before the Assembly,’ and insert: ‘an integrated and comprehensive anti-poverty strategy underpinning a future Programme for Government, as agreed in previous mandates, to include specific and measurable targets to reduce child poverty with targeted prevention strategies, as well as robust monitoring mechanisms to measure outcomes and to enable data to be collated and analysed; and further calls on the Minister for Communities to work with the Minister of Finance to agree the necessary funding package to deliver on child poverty reduction targets by the end of this mandate.’

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Tabled by: Ms Kellie Armstrong, Mr Nick Mathison, Ms Sian Mulholland

Totals

Votes by community designation, as published
Designation	Ayes	Noes
Nationalist	19	8
Unionist	24	1
Other	14	1
Total	57	10

How each MLA voted

Alliance Party: 14 Aye, 0 No
MLA	Vote	Designation
Ms Kellie Armstrong	Aye	Other
Ms Paula Bradshaw	Aye	Other
Mr Patrick Brown	Aye	Other
Mr Stewart Dickson	Aye	Other
Mr Danny Donnelly	Aye	Other
Ms Sorcha Eastwood	Aye	Other
Ms Connie Egan	Aye	Other
Mr David Honeyford	Aye	Other
Miss Nuala McAllister	Aye	Other
Mr Peter McReynolds	Aye	Other
Mr Nick Mathison	Aye	Other
Mr Andrew Muir	Aye	Other
Ms Sian Mulholland	Aye	Other
Mr Eóin Tennyson	Aye	Other

Democratic Unionist Party: 18 Aye, 0 No
MLA	Vote	Designation
Mr Phillip Brett	Aye	Unionist
Mr David Brooks	Aye	Unionist
Ms Cheryl Brownlee	Aye	Unionist
Mr Keith Buchanan	Aye	Unionist
Mr Jonathan Buckley	Aye	Unionist
Mrs Pam Cameron	Aye	Unionist
Mr Trevor Clarke	Aye	Unionist
Mrs Diane Dodds	Aye	Unionist
Mr Stephen Dunne	Aye	Unionist
Mrs Deborah Erskine	Aye	Unionist
Mr Paul Frew	Aye	Unionist
Mr Harry Harvey	Aye	Unionist
Mr Brian Kingston	Aye	Unionist
Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly	Aye	Unionist
Mr Gordon Lyons	Aye	Unionist
Miss Michelle McIlveen	Aye	Unionist
Mr Gary Middleton	Aye	Unionist
Mr Alan Robinson	Aye	Unionist

Independent: 1 Aye, 1 No
MLA	Vote	Designation
Mr Alex Easton	Aye	Unionist
Ms Claire Sugden	No	Unionist

People Before Profit Alliance: 0 Aye, 1 No
MLA	Vote	Designation
Mr Gerry Carroll	No	Other

Sinn Féin: 19 Aye, 0 No
MLA	Vote	Designation
Dr Caoimhe Archibald	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Danny Baker	Aye	Nationalist
Miss Nicola Brogan	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Pádraig Delargy	Aye	Nationalist
Mrs Linda Dillon	Aye	Nationalist
Mrs Sinéad Ennis	Aye	Nationalist
Mrs Ciara Ferguson	Aye	Nationalist
Miss Órlaithí Flynn	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Colm Gildernew	Aye	Nationalist
Miss Deirdre Hargey	Aye	Nationalist
Ms Liz Kimmins	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Declan McAleer	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Philip McGuigan	Aye	Nationalist
Mrs Cathy Mason	Aye	Nationalist
Miss Áine Murphy	Aye	Nationalist
Mr John O'Dowd	Aye	Nationalist
Ms Michelle O'Neill	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Pat Sheehan	Aye	Nationalist
Ms Emma Sheerin	Aye	Nationalist

Social Democratic and Labour Party: 0 Aye, 8 No
MLA	Vote	Designation
Mr Mark Durkan	No	Nationalist
Ms Cara Hunter	No	Nationalist
Mr Daniel McCrossan	No	Nationalist
Mr Patsy McGlone	No	Nationalist
Mr Colin McGrath	No	Nationalist
Ms Sinéad McLaughlin	No	Nationalist
Mr Justin McNulty	No	Nationalist
Mr Matthew O'Toole	No	Nationalist

Traditional Unionist Voice: 1 Aye, 0 No
MLA	Vote	Designation
Mr Jim Allister KC	Aye	Unionist

Ulster Unionist Party: 4 Aye, 0 No
MLA	Vote	Designation
Mr Doug Beattie MC	Aye	Unionist
Mr Robbie Butler	Aye	Unionist
Lord Elliott	Aye	Unionist
Mr Mike Nesbitt	Aye	Unionist

MLAs who did not vote are not listed. Download these votes (CSV)