Scottish Parliament – Nov. 8, 2016 – 1
Decision Time
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 28 MSPs
No: 87 MSPs
Absent: 14 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 | 115 | 28 | 87 | 14 | 89.15% | 24.35% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 90.48% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 58 | 28 | 30 | 8 | 87.88% | 48.28% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 31 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 90.32% | 100.00% |
| Green | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 90.48% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 83.33% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | 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% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Johnstone | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Thomson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Lamont | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |