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