Scottish Parliament – Oct. 26, 2016 – 2
Decision Time
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 27 MSPs
No: 98 MSPs
Absent: 4 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 | 125 | 27 | 98 | 4 | 96.90% | 21.60% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 63 | 27 | 36 | 3 | 95.45% | 42.86% |
| Government | 63 | 62 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 98.41% | 0.00% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 24 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 91.67% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 62 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 98.41% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 31 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 96.77% | 0.00% |
| Green | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Lamont | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Johnstone | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Thomson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | 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% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |