Scottish Parliament – May 1, 2024 – 1
Motion of No Confidence
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 58 MSPs
No: 70 MSPs
Absent: 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: Other(?)
S6M-13005: That the Parliament has no confidence in the Scottish Government.
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 | 128 | 58 | 70 | 2 | 98.46% | 45.31% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 64 | 64 | 1 | 63 | 0 | 100.00% | 1.56% |
| Opposition | 66 | 64 | 57 | 7 | 2 | 96.97% | 89.06% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 31 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 64 | 64 | 1 | 63 | 0 | 100.00% | 1.56% |
| Labour | 23 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 95.65% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Davy Russell | Unknown | Absent | n/a |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Presiding Officer | Absent | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Ash Denham | Alba | Aye | 1.56% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |