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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 6 | 90.48% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 31 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 83.87% | 0.00% |
| Green | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66.67% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Mary Fee | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | 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% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| 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% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Lamont | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Bowman | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ross Greer | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| John Finnie | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Iain Gray | Labour | 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% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | 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% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | 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% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | Aye | 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 |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |