Scottish Parliament – Jan. 10, 2017 – 2
Decision Time
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 30 MSPs
No: 92 MSPs
Absent: 7 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 | 122 | 30 | 92 | 7 | 94.57% | 24.59% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 59 | 30 | 29 | 7 | 89.39% | 50.85% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 31 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 96.77% | 100.00% |
| Green | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 83.33% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 83.33% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Thomson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Bowman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Lamont | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| John Finnie | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | Absent | n/a |