Scottish Parliament – Jan. 17, 2017 – 2
Decision Time
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 5 MSPs
No: 117 MSPs
Absent: 7 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Multi-party against: Government No, Opposition divided - OutlierThis vote is an outlier compared to other votes in this cluster. The description below is the closest match, but it may be significantly different to other votes in this cluster.
This 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
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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 | 5 | 117 | 7 | 94.57% | 4.10% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 61 | 5 | 56 | 5 | 92.42% | 8.20% |
| Government | 63 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 96.83% | 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 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 83.33% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 31 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Green | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 83.33% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 96.83% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | 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% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| John Finnie | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| John Lamont | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Thomson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Bowman | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |