Scottish Parliament – Sept. 11, 2024 – 3
Free School Meals for all Primary Pupils
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 64 MSPs
No: 2 MSPs
Absent: 4 MSPs
Abstain: 60 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Strong conflict: Opposition proposes - OutlierThis vote is an outlier compared to other votes in this cluster. The description below is the closest match, but it may be significantly different to other votes in this cluster.
This 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-14406: That the Parliament believes that free school lunches should be provided for all primary school children, including provision in the school holidays, in this parliamentary session, as promised by the Scottish Government.
Annotations
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Whip reports
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Overall counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 130 | 66 | 64 | 2 | 60 | 4 | 50.77% | 96.97% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 64 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 1 | 4.69% | 33.33% |
| Opposition | 66 | 63 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 95.45% | 100.00% |
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 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 96.77% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 23 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 95.65% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 64 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 1 | 4.69% | 33.33% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 66.67% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 66.67% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 83.33% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 33.33% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |