| If we remember rightly, the councillor who asked the officer about this, later abstained. |
| But despite desperate attempts to convince the Irish duo to back the reappointments, the pair abstained from voting. |
| Given the lack of clarity on these issues, we abstained from the final vote. |
| They believed that the church should be made up of women and men who were sexually continent and who also abstained from wine and meat. |
| Meanwhile, Petway abstained from voting on the proposed incentives, declaring a conflict of interest. |
| In Monday's votes, Labor legislators abstained, allowing the motions to be defeated. |
