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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 24 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 95.83% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 62 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 98.41% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | 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% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| 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% |
| Bill Kidd | 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% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 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% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | 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% |
| 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% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | 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% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | 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% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Thomson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| John Finnie | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | 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% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | 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% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | Absent | n/a |