Scottish Parliament – Sept. 13, 2018 – 3
Decision Time
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 62 MSPs
Absent: 9 MSPs
Abstain: 58 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 | 58 | 9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 67 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 92.54% | 100.00% |
| Government | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 4 | 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 4 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Labour | 24 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 91.67% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 31 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 96.77% | 100.00% |
| Green | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Ballantyne | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Finnie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Kezia Dugdale | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Derek Mackay | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Mary Fee | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Iain Gray | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark McDonald | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| John Scott | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| James Kelly | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Mason | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Abstain | n/a |
| Bill Bowman | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |