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% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 96.83% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 31 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Green | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 83.33% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | 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% |
| Peter Chapman | 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% |
| 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% |
| Ross Thomson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | 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% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | 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% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Bowman | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | 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% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | 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% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | 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% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | 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% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | 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 |
| John Finnie | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | Absent | n/a |