abstention
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On 13 May 2025, MSPs backed the "stage one vote" on the bill's general principles by 70 votes to 56, with one abstention.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
The Senate voted 46 in favor, 25 against, with one abstention after the lower Chamber of Deputies greenlit the budget.
From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025
Labour MSs banged Senedd tables as the result of the vote came in with 29 Senedd members in support and 28 against, with one abstention from Dodds.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025
Students in the audience, some with mouths taped shut to symbolize their hunger strike over the issue, reacted with fury, calling out, “Cowards!” and other epithets after the 10-to-6 vote, with one abstention.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024
In some halls my piano has sounded as if I had planted my feet on the pedal for good and ever; in such cases I practised the greatest abstention from pedalling.
From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Hofmann, Josef
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