Scottish Parliament – Nov. 2, 2017 – 3
Decision Time
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 59 MSPs
Absent: 15 MSPs
Abstain: 55 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.
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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 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 55 | 15 | 45.74% | 100.00% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 89.39% | 100.00% |
| Government | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Labour | 24 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 83.33% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 31 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 93.55% | 100.00% |
| Green | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Mark McDonald | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Ballantyne | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Mason | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Finnie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Bowman | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | 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 | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Iain Gray | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |