Scottish Parliament – March 7, 2017 – 2
Decision Time
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 27 MSPs
No: 81 MSPs
Absent: 21 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 | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 108 | 27 | 81 | 21 | 83.72% | 25.00% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 90.48% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 51 | 27 | 24 | 15 | 77.27% | 52.94% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 90.48% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 70.83% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.00% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 31 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 87.10% | 100.00% |
| Green | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 83.33% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Lamont | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Bowman | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Finnie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Thomson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Iain Gray | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| James Kelly | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | 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% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |