Scottish Parliament – June 13, 2018 – 2
Decision Time
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 62 MSPs
Absent: 5 MSPs
Abstain: 62 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Strong conflict: Opposition proposes - 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 the opposition has proposed a motion and the government is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, or that it would have substantive effects if passed.
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 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 62 | 5 | 48.06% | 100.00% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Opposition | 67 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 92.54% | 100.00% |
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 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 96.77% | 100.00% |
| Green | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Labour | 24 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Ballantyne | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Bowman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| John Finnie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Tom Mason | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Mark McDonald | Independent | Abstain | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| David Stewart | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| John Scott | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |