Scottish Parliament – March 28, 2017 – 1
Decision Time
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 31 MSPs
No: 97 MSPs
Absent: 1 MSP
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 | 128 | 31 | 97 | 1 | 99.22% | 24.22% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 65 | 31 | 34 | 1 | 98.48% | 47.69% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 31 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Green | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 95.83% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Thomson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Lamont | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Bowman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Finnie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |