Scottish Parliament – Sept. 21, 2016 – 1
Decision Time
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 62 MSPs
No: 55 MSPs
Absent: 6 MSPs
Abstain: 6 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Strong conflict: Gov proposesThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is proposing a motion and the opposition is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, that even if the government is likely to win, is a significant public signal of opposition.
Annotations
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Whip reports
No whip reports for this decision.
Overall counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 117 | 62 | 55 | 6 | 6 | 90.70% | 52.99% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 6 | 5 | 83.33% | 0.00% |
| Government | 63 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 98.41% | 100.00% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 31 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 96.77% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 98.41% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 83.33% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Johnstone | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Finnie | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Andy Wightman | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Mary Fee | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| John Lamont | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Thomson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | Absent | n/a |