Scottish Parliament – Feb. 7, 2017 – 4
Decision Time
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 5 MSPs
No: 119 MSPs
Absent: 5 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
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 | 124 | 5 | 119 | 5 | 96.12% | 4.03% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 96.83% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 63 | 5 | 58 | 3 | 95.45% | 7.94% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 31 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Green | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 96.83% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| John Finnie | Green | 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% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Lamont | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Bowman | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Graeme Dey | 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% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | 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% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | 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% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Thomson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | Absent | n/a |