Powers of the Scottish Parliament

Policy description

There have been votes in Parliament on devolving powers to the Scottish Parliament. Specific subjects of these votes have ranged from giving the Scottish Parliament the ability to raise taxes to devolving powers and responsibility relating to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in Scotland.

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Analysis for Ann McKechin

Ann McKechin voted a mixture of for and against (40% aligned) transferring more powers to the Scottish Parliament.

Comparable Labour MPs voted a mixture of for and against (42% aligned).

Scoring Divisions

Scoring divisions are used to calculate the headline alignment between a person and a policy.

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Guide to columns

  • person vote: the vote cast by the person

  • party alignment: how aligned this vote was with other members of the person’s party. Higher numbers indicate less difference from the average vote of the party.

  • policy direction: if an aye vote is aligned or against the overall policy.

  • policy alignment: if this MP’s vote was aligned with the policy.

motion date person vote party alignment policy direction policy aligned
Scotland Bill — Reject Second Reading — Devolution of Further Powers, Including Tax Raising Powers, to Scotland 2011-01-27 no 100% against aligned
Scotland Bill — Clause 11 — Devolution to Scotland of Powers to Regulate Specially Dangerous Air Weapons 2011-03-07 no 100% agree not aligned
Scotland Bill — Clause 12 — Return of Certain Insolvency Powers from Scotland to the UK Parliament 2011-03-07 aye 100% against not aligned
Scotland Bill — Clause 13 — Return Responsibility for Regulating Health Professionals in Scotland to UK Parliament 2011-03-07 aye 100% against not aligned
Scotland Bill — Clause 24 — Devolution of Power to Tax Quarrying or Mining to Scottish Parliament 2011-03-14 absent na agree na
Scotland Bill — New Clause 3 — Devolution — Maritime and Coastguard Agency 2011-03-15 absent na agree na
Scotland Bill — New Clause 9 — Devolution of Responsibility for Rail Services to the Scottish Parliament 2011-03-15 aye 100% agree aligned
Scotland Bill — New Clause 10 — Crown Estate — Devolution of Powers 2011-03-15 no 100% agree not aligned
Scotland Bill — New Clause 11 — Devolution of Powers Related to Time 2011-03-15 no 100% agree not aligned
Scotland Bill — New Clause 19 — Devolution of Powers Relating to Food Labelling and Content 2011-03-15 aye 99% agree aligned
Scotland Bill — Chapter 5 — Empower Scottish Parliament to Tax Company Profits 2011-06-21 no 100% agree not aligned
Infrastructure Bill — New Clause 2 — Shale Gas Extraction in Scotland — Devolution of Regulation to Scottish Parliament 2015-01-26 aye 100% agree aligned

Informative Divisions

Informative votes are thematically related to a policy, but do not count towards the overall score.

motion date person vote party alignment policy direction policy aligned
Scotland Bill — Clause 1 — Administration of Elections — Start Counting Within Four Hours of Polls Closing 2011-03-07 aye 100% agree aligned
Scotland Bill — Clause 32 — Code of Practice on Borrowing by Scottish Ministers 2011-03-14 no 100% agree not aligned