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% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | No | 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% |
| 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% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Lamont | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| 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% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | 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% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Thomson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Johnstone | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | Aye | 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% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | 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% |
| Keith Brown | 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% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | 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% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | 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% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |