Scottish Parliament – Dec. 20, 2022 – 10
Amendment 18: Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 59 MSPs
No: 64 MSPs
Absent: 5 MSPs
Abstain: 2 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Strong conflict: Opposition proposesThis 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.
Motion
Motion type: Amendment(?)
The question is, that amendment 18 be agreed to. Are we agreed?
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 | 130 | 123 | 59 | 64 | 2 | 5 | 94.62% | 47.97% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 72 | 69 | 8 | 61 | 0 | 3 | 95.83% | 11.59% |
| Opposition | 58 | 54 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 93.10% | 94.44% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 31 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 93.55% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 64 | 62 | 8 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 96.88% | 12.90% |
| Labour | 23 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 95.65% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 12.90% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 12.90% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 12.90% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 12.90% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 12.90% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 12.90% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 12.90% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 12.90% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 87.10% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |