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Standard Motion · S4M-05163 · Session 4

Death of Tom Brown

Lodged by Nigel Don SNP Lodged 10 Dec 2012 25 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament notes that Tom Brown, who it understands to have been one of Scotland’s best known farmers, has died; notes that Tom, who was born in 1934 at Stone of Benholm and educated at Montrose Academy, started work on the farm aged 15 and joined the Montrose Young Farmers Club, and understands that he was chairman of the Caledonian Marts and later the Hays Marts and moved to West Adamston Farm, Muirhead, where he became an elder of Lundie and Muirhead Parish Church and was the first chairman of Muirhead Community Council.

Signatures by party

25 MSPs besides the lodger · 3 from other parties
SNP 22Con 2Ind 1

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Vote

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

Amendments

1
  1. Death of Tom Brown
    Mary Scanlon Con Lodged 11 Dec 2012
    No recorded vote

Supporters

25 MSPs

SNP 22 Con 2 Ind 1

Show all 25 supporters by party

SNP 22

Con 2

Ind 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4M-05163 by reference.