Vote · 13 Jun 2012
Untitled division
Defeated by 16
47 For
63 Against
5 Abstained
13 Did not vote
Motion text
As an amendment to motion S4M-03278 in the name of Kenny MacAskill (Improving Services for Victims and Witnesses), after “support for victims” insert “; believes that the best way to stand up for the rights of victims and witnesses would be to establish honesty in sentencing by ending the automatic early release of prisoners".
How the parties split
Every party voted as a bloc| Party | Split | For | Against | Abst. | Absent | Majority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | 0 | 61 | 0 | 6 | ✗ Against united | |
| Lab | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ✓ For united | |
| Con | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ✓ For united | |
| LD | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – Abstained united | |
| Green | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ✗ Against united | |
| Ind | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | n/a |
Party is the MSP's party on the day of the vote. Majority is how most of the party's voting MSPs voted.
Every MSP
128 MSPsFor (47)
Lab 35
- Jackie Baillie
- Claire Baker
- Richard Baker
- Claudia Beamish
- Neil Bibby
- Sarah Boyack
- Malcolm Chisholm
- Kezia Dugdale
- Helen Eadie
- Mary Fee
- Patricia Ferguson
- Neil Findlay
- Rhoda Grant
- Iain Gray
- Mark Griffin
- Hugh Henry
- James Kelly
- Johann Lamont
- Lewis Macdonald
- Ken Macintosh
- Hanzala Malik
- Jenny Marra
- Paul Martin
- Margaret McCulloch
- Michael McMahon
- Duncan McNeil
- Anne McTaggart
- Elaine Murray
- John Park
- Graeme Pearson
- John Pentland
- Dr Richard Simpson
- Drew Smith
- Elaine Smith
- David Stewart
Against (63)
SNP 61
- Brian Adam
- George Adam
- Clare Adamson
- Dr Alasdair Allan
- Colin Beattie
- Marco Biagi
- Chic Brodie
- Margaret Burgess
- Aileen Campbell
- Roderick Campbell
- Willie Coffey
- Angela Constance
- Bruce Crawford
- Roseanna Cunningham
- Graeme Dey
- Nigel Don
- Bob Doris
- James Dornan
- Jim Eadie
- Annabelle Ewing
- Linda Fabiani
- John Finnie
- Joe FitzPatrick
- Kenneth Gibson
- Rob Gibson
- Christine Grahame
- Jamie Hepburn
- Adam Ingram
- Colin Keir
- Bill Kidd
- Richard Lochhead
- Richard Lyle
- Kenny MacAskill
- Angus MacDonald
- Gordon MacDonald
- Mike MacKenzie
- Derek Mackay
- John Mason
- Michael Matheson
- Joan McAlpine
- Mark McDonald
- Aileen McLeod
- Fiona McLeod
- Stuart McMillan
- Alex Neil
- Gil Paterson
- Dennis Robertson
- Shona Robison
- Michael Russell
- Stewart Stevenson
- Kevin Stewart
- Nicola Sturgeon
- John Swinney
- Dave Thompson
- David Torrance
- Jean Urquhart
- Maureen Watt
- Paul Wheelhouse
- Sandra White
- John Wilson
- Humza Yousaf
Green 2
Abstained (5)
Did not vote (13)
Ind 2