Scottish Parliament – Nov. 10, 2016 – 1
Decision Time
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 54 MSPs
No: 61 MSPs
Absent: 8 MSPs
Abstain: 6 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Strong conflict: Opposition proposesThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the opposition has proposed a motion and the government is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, or that it would have substantive effects if passed.
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 | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 115 | 54 | 61 | 6 | 8 | 89.15% | 46.96% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 96.83% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 81.82% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 96.83% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 83.33% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| Green | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 31 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 96.77% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Johnstone | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Finnie | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Andy Wightman | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Lamont | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Thomson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |