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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | 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% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | 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% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | 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% |
| Linda Fabiani | 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% |
| 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% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Elaine Smith | 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% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 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% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | 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% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | 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% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| 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% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Ballantyne | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | 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% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Bowman | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | Absent | n/a |