Scottish Parliament – May 31, 2016 – 1
Decision Time
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 31 MSPs
No: 88 MSPs
Absent: 10 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Multi-party against: Government No, Opposition dividedThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is voting against a motion, and opposition MPs/parties are divided in their support.
This can reflect an amendment or motion bought by one opposition party, which other opposition parties are not supportive of.
Annotations
No annotations for this decision.
Whip reports
No whip reports for this decision.
Overall counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 119 | 31 | 88 | 10 | 92.25% | 26.05% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 60 | 31 | 29 | 6 | 90.91% | 51.67% |
| Government | 63 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 93.65% | 0.00% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 93.65% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 79.17% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 31 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Green | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Thomson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Lamont | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Finnie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Johnstone | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |