Scottish Parliament – Jan. 11, 2017 – 1
Decision Time
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 29 MSPs
No: 94 MSPs
Absent: 6 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 | 123 | 29 | 94 | 6 | 95.35% | 23.58% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 61 | 29 | 32 | 5 | 92.42% | 47.54% |
| Government | 63 | 62 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 98.41% | 0.00% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 62 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 98.41% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 95.83% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 31 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 93.55% | 100.00% |
| Green | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 83.33% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Bowman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Lamont | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Thomson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| John Finnie | Green | Absent | n/a |