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% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| 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% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | 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% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Kenneth Gibson | 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% |
| Ben Macpherson | 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% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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 | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.56% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | 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% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | 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% |
| Monica Lennon | 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% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| 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% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | 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% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.44% |