Scottish Parliament – Sept. 20, 2017 – 5
Decision Time
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 33 MSPs
No: 30 MSPs
Absent: 5 MSPs
Abstain: 61 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 | 63 | 33 | 30 | 61 | 5 | 48.84% | 52.38% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 63 | 33 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 95.45% | 52.38% |
| Government | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 0.00% | n/a |
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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Labour | 24 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 91.67% | 100.00% |
| Green | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 31 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 96.77% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Michelle Ballantyne | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| John Scott | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Finnie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Bill Bowman | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Iain Gray | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Mary Fee | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| David Stewart | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Mason | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |