Scottish Parliament – Sept. 22, 2016 – 2
Decision Time
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 34 MSPs
No: 93 MSPs
Absent: 2 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 | 127 | 34 | 93 | 2 | 98.45% | 26.77% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 64 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 96.97% | 53.12% |
| Government | 63 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 100.00% | 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 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 95.83% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Green | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 31 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 96.77% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| John Lamont | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Johnstone | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Finnie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Thomson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |