Scottish Parliament – Sept. 13, 2017 – 3
Decision Time
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 6 MSPs
No: 98 MSPs
Absent: 6 MSPs
Abstain: 19 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 | 104 | 6 | 98 | 19 | 6 | 80.62% | 5.77% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 43 | 6 | 37 | 19 | 4 | 65.15% | 13.95% |
| Government | 63 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 96.83% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 4.17% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 96.83% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 31 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Green | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Finnie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | 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% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Ballantyne | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Bowman | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Mason | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | Absent | n/a |