Scottish Parliament – Jan. 24, 2017 – 1
Decision Time
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 4 MSPs
No: 86 MSPs
Absent: 21 MSPs
Abstain: 18 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 | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 90 | 4 | 86 | 18 | 21 | 69.77% | 4.44% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 33 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 50.00% | 12.12% |
| Government | 63 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 6 | 90.48% | 0.00% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 6 | 90.48% | 0.00% |
| Green | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66.67% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 31 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 83.87% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Thomson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Mary Fee | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Ross Greer | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Iain Gray | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Lamont | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Bowman | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| John Finnie | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | 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% |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |