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% |
| Conservative | 31 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 96.77% | 96.67% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 96.83% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Lamont | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| James Kelly | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| David Stewart | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | 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% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Elaine Smith | 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% |
| Ruth Davidson | 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% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 3.33% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Johnstone | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | Aye | 96.67% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | 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 |