Men who had been Democrats before the war often abstained or voted Republican. On 5,820 voting delegates, 5,811 voted in favour, 4 against and 5 abstained. Four voted against it while 11 abstained. Hansard shows that 73 delegates voted in favour, 57 against and 22 abstained. The CUP representatives therefore abstained from voting. Every other MP either abstained or voted against the bill. Reagan was renominated by a vote of 2,233 delegates (two delegates abstained). However, it abstained from voting the bill and amendment. All four Republicans abstained in the vote. However, the NDP abstained from voting and the Conservatives survived the confidence motion. Canada abstained from early General Assembly resolutions about East Timor and opposed three. A similar treaty was signed in 2017, however, Singapore abstained from the vote. The U.S. under the Obama administration abstained from voting, and the resolution passed. The New York delegation abstained, lacking permission to vote for independence. Cooper has abstained from alcohol since 2004, remarking that it would have destroyed his life.