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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 31 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 87.10% | 100.00% |
| Green | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 83.33% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 70.83% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 90.48% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 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% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | 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 |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| James Kelly | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 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% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | 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 |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | 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% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | 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% |
| Sandra White | 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% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | 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% |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Bowman | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | 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% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Lamont | Conservative | Absent | n/a |