Scottish Parliament – Nov. 12, 2020 – 2
Decision Time
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 60 MSPs
No: 2 MSPs
Absent: 13 MSPs
Abstain: 54 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.
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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 | 60 | 2 | 54 | 13 | 48.06% | 96.77% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 61 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 5 | 3.28% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 68 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 88.24% | 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 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 5 | 3.28% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 24 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 79.17% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Bill Bowman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Peter Chapman | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Davidson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Iain Gray | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| James Kelly | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Gail Ross | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Scott | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Harris | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Lewis Macdonald | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gordon Lindhurst | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Angus MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Michelle Ballantyne | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claudia Beamish | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Stewart | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joan McAlpine | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| John Finnie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Andy Wightman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Aileen Campbell | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Adam Tomkins | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Dean Lockhart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Johann Lamont | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mike Rumbles | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Mary Fee | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Jenny Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Macintosh | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Mark McDonald | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elaine Smith | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Maurice Corry | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Maureen Watt | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Tom Mason | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Jeane Freeman | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Neil Findlay | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Derek Mackay | Independent | Absent | n/a |