Scottish Parliament – Sept. 13, 2016 – 1
Decision Time
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 29 MSPs
No: 94 MSPs
Absent: 6 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 | 123 | 29 | 94 | 6 | 95.35% | 23.58% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 96.83% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 62 | 29 | 33 | 4 | 93.94% | 46.77% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 96.83% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 31 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 96.77% | 96.67% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| John Finnie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Thomson | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Johnstone | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Lamont | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| David Stewart | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 3.33% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Absent | n/a |