Scottish Parliament – Sept. 20, 2016 – 1
Decision Time
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 29 MSPs
No: 88 MSPs
Absent: 12 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 | 117 | 29 | 88 | 12 | 90.70% | 24.79% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 62 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 98.41% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 55 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 83.33% | 52.73% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 31 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 93.55% | 100.00% |
| Green | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 62 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 98.41% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 66.67% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Thomson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Finnie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | 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% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Johnstone | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | 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% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| John Lamont | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | 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% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |