Scottish Parliament – Oct. 24, 2017 – 2
Decision Time
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 28 MSPs
No: 90 MSPs
Absent: 10 MSPs
Abstain: 1 MSP
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 | 118 | 28 | 90 | 1 | 10 | 91.47% | 23.73% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 95.24% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 58 | 28 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 87.88% | 48.28% |
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 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 90.32% | 100.00% |
| Green | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 95.24% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 83.33% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Mary Fee | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Tom Mason | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Finnie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Bowman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Ballantyne | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |