Because the ruling Motherland Party that he founded has a safe parliamentary majority, the vote taken today amounted to rubber-stamping executive decisions already made.

The parallel vote of the clergy in convocation (which, after 1533, was confirmed by Parliament) amounted to £20,000.

Since a vote by such a large group amounts to a popularity contest, Artists is obviously not the category for session musicians.

His vote of "Nay" on the final motion to end debate amounted to a vote to kill the bill.

He complained that the vote amounted to no more than a "big political game" because advocates knew the House would sustain the veto.

Those votes amounted to 42.5% of total votes cast.

Conservative votes amounted to nearly half the electorate, but were split among four parties.

The votes for the PSP amounted to 0.7 per cent of the total.

The unanimous vote on Tuesday amounted to a declaration of doubt about whether the performance and pledges to improve service warranted renewals.

The total votes a year, then, amounts to 10,000.