Scottish Parliament – Dec. 21, 2022 – 17
Amendment 116: Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 37 MSPs
No: 76 MSPs
Absent: 5 MSPs
Abstain: 12 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 116 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 | 113 | 37 | 76 | 12 | 5 | 86.92% | 32.74% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 72 | 68 | 1 | 67 | 0 | 4 | 94.44% | 1.47% |
| Opposition | 58 | 45 | 36 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 77.59% | 80.00% |
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 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 61.29% | 78.95% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 64 | 61 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 95.31% | 1.64% |
| Labour | 23 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 95.65% | 95.45% |
| Liberal Democrat | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 78.95% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 78.95% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 78.95% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 78.95% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | No | 21.05% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Abstain | 71.05% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Abstain | 71.05% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 78.95% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Abstain | 71.05% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Abstain | 71.05% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Abstain | 71.05% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Abstain | 71.05% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 78.95% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Abstain | 71.05% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 78.95% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 78.95% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 21.05% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 78.95% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Abstain | 71.05% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 78.95% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.64% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 21.05% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 4.55% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 78.95% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 78.95% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 78.95% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 78.95% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | No | 21.05% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 78.95% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Abstain | 71.05% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Abstain | 71.05% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Abstain | 71.05% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Abstain | 71.05% |