Scottish Parliament – Nov. 29, 2016 – 1
Decision Time
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 29 MSPs
No: 84 MSPs
Absent: 16 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 | 113 | 29 | 84 | 16 | 87.60% | 25.66% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 88.89% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 57 | 29 | 28 | 9 | 86.36% | 50.88% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 31 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 93.55% | 100.00% |
| Green | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 83.33% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 88.89% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 79.17% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Thomson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | 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% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Ross Greer | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Finnie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| John Scott | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Lamont | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Johnstone | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |