Scottish Parliament – Sept. 14, 2016 – 1
Decision Time
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 29 MSPs
No: 93 MSPs
Absent: 7 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 | 122 | 29 | 93 | 7 | 94.57% | 23.77% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 61 | 29 | 32 | 5 | 92.42% | 47.54% |
| Government | 63 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 96.83% | 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 | 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% |
| Conservative | 31 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 93.55% | 100.00% |
| Green | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Scott | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Thomson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Finnie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Johnstone | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Lamont | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | Absent | n/a |