Scottish Parliament – Sept. 20, 2017 – 4
Decision Time
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 5 MSPs
No: 59 MSPs
Absent: 5 MSPs
Abstain: 60 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Low participation vote - OutlierThis vote is an outlier compared to other votes in this cluster. The description below is the closest match, but it may be significantly different to other votes in this cluster.
This vote is most similar to a group of votes where there is low participation from both sides.
This might be non-contentious or procedural motions in the early stages of member proposed bills.
Annotations
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Whip reports
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Overall counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 64 | 5 | 59 | 60 | 5 | 49.61% | 7.81% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 63 | 5 | 58 | 0 | 3 | 95.45% | 7.94% |
| Government | 63 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 2 | 1.59% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 2 | 1.59% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 91.67% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 31 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 96.77% | 0.00% |
| Green | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Mason | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Bowman | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Michelle Ballantyne | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| John Finnie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |