Scottish Parliament – Sept. 19, 2017 – 2
Decision Time
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 9 MSPs
No: 88 MSPs
Absent: 13 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 | 97 | 9 | 88 | 19 | 13 | 75.19% | 9.28% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 6 | 90.48% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 40 | 9 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 60.61% | 22.50% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 31 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Green | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 6 | 90.48% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Mason | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Ballantyne | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Bowman | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Finnie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |