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Health and Social Care 2025-26 Pay Awards - Amendment 1

Division held on 23 September 2025. The Amendment Was Therefore Agreed

Decision type
Simple Majority
Method
Lobby Division
Result
The Amendment Was Therefore Agreed
Debate
Health and Social Care Pay Awards 2025-26

Official Assembly record of this division Official Report of the debate

The motion voted on

Motion Amendment (Private Members' Motion): Health and Social Care 2025-26 Pay Awards - Amendment 1

Leave out all after ‘industrial action’ and insert: ‘notes that in the last five financial years, the total amount spent on private healthcare appointments by Health and Social Care Trusts totals at least £302,203,303, whilst the cost of implementing the 2025-26 Pay Award is estimated to be £200,000,000; calls on the Minister of Health to end the stealth privatisation of health and social care and use this funding to invest in fair pay for health and social care workers; and further calls on the Executive to urgently consider and approve the outstanding Ministerial Direction request from the Minister of Health for the implementation of the 2025-26 pay awards to the HSC workforce.’

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Tabled by: Mr Gerry Carroll

Totals

Votes by community designation, as published
DesignationAyesNoesAbstentions
Nationalist2900
Unionist0280
Other1100
Total40280

How each MLA voted

Alliance Party: 10 Aye, 0 No
MLAVoteDesignation
Ms Kellie ArmstrongAyeOther
Mr John BlairAyeOther
Ms Paula BradshawAyeOther
Ms Connie EganAyeOther
Mrs Michelle GuyAyeOther
Mr David HoneyfordAyeOther
Miss Nuala McAllisterAyeOther
Mr Andrew McMurrayAyeOther
Ms Sian MulhollandAyeOther
Ms Kate NichollAyeOther
Democratic Unionist Party: 0 Aye, 20 No
MLAVoteDesignation
Mr Maurice BradleyNoUnionist
Mr Phillip BrettNoUnionist
Mr David BrooksNoUnionist
Ms Cheryl BrownleeNoUnionist
Mr Keith BuchananNoUnionist
Ms Joanne BuntingNoUnionist
Mrs Pam CameronNoUnionist
Mr Trevor ClarkeNoUnionist
Mrs Diane DoddsNoUnionist
Mr Stephen DunneNoUnionist
Mrs Deborah ErskineNoUnionist
Ms Diane ForsytheNoUnionist
Mr Paul FrewNoUnionist
Mr Paul GivanNoUnionist
Mr Harry HarveyNoUnionist
Mr Brian KingstonNoUnionist
Mrs Emma Little-PengellyNoUnionist
Miss Michelle McIlveenNoUnionist
Mr Peter MartinNoUnionist
Mr Alan RobinsonNoUnionist
People Before Profit Alliance: 1 Aye, 0 No
MLAVoteDesignation
Mr Gerry CarrollAyeOther
Sinn Féin: 25 Aye, 0 No
MLAVoteDesignation
Dr Caoimhe ArchibaldAyeNationalist
Mr Danny BakerAyeNationalist
Mr Cathal BoylanAyeNationalist
Miss Nicola BroganAyeNationalist
Mr Pádraig DelargyAyeNationalist
Mrs Linda DillonAyeNationalist
Miss Jemma DolanAyeNationalist
Mrs Sinéad EnnisAyeNationalist
Mrs Ciara FergusonAyeNationalist
Ms Aoife FinneganAyeNationalist
Miss Órlaithí FlynnAyeNationalist
Mr Colm GildernewAyeNationalist
Mr Declan KearneyAyeNationalist
Mr Gerry KellyAyeNationalist
Ms Liz KimminsAyeNationalist
Mr Declan McAleerAyeNationalist
Mr Philip McGuiganAyeNationalist
Mrs Cathy MasonAyeNationalist
Miss Áine MurphyAyeNationalist
Ms Carál Ní ChuilínAyeNationalist
Mr John O'DowdAyeNationalist
Ms Michelle O'NeillAyeNationalist
Ms Aisling ReillyAyeNationalist
Mr Pat SheehanAyeNationalist
Ms Emma SheerinAyeNationalist
Social Democratic and Labour Party: 4 Aye, 0 No
MLAVoteDesignation
Mr Mark DurkanAyeNationalist
Mr Patsy McGloneAyeNationalist
Ms Sinéad McLaughlinAyeNationalist
Mr Justin McNultyAyeNationalist
Traditional Unionist Voice: 0 Aye, 1 No
MLAVoteDesignation
Mr Timothy GastonNoUnionist
Ulster Unionist Party: 0 Aye, 7 No
MLAVoteDesignation
Mr Andy Allen MBENoUnionist
Ms Diana ArmstrongNoUnionist
Mr Doug Beattie MCNoUnionist
Mr Robbie ButlerNoUnionist
Mr Alan ChambersNoUnionist
Mr Mike NesbittNoUnionist
Mr John StewartNoUnionist

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