Scottish Parliament – Dec. 21, 2022 – 19
Amendment 118: Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 57 MSPs
No: 70 MSPs
Absent: 3 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 118 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 | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 130 | 127 | 57 | 70 | 3 | 97.69% | 44.88% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 58 | 57 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 98.28% | 89.47% |
| Government | 72 | 70 | 6 | 64 | 2 | 97.22% | 8.57% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 64 | 63 | 6 | 57 | 1 | 98.44% | 9.52% |
| Labour | 23 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 95.65% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 31 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 100.00% | 93.55% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 6.45% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 9.52% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 9.52% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 9.52% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 9.52% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | No | 6.45% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 9.52% |
| Donald Cameron | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 9.52% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 93.55% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 90.48% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Absent | n/a |