Vote · 16 Apr 2013

Universal Services

Motion For Debate Motion S4M-06225 Lodged by John Swinney SNP

Carried by 14

62 For 48 Against 0 Abstained 18 Did not vote

That the Parliament confirms its opposition to the further reductions that have been made to the Scottish budget as a result of the UK budget on 20 March 2013 and the damaging impact that the UK Government’s approach to public spending is having on the economy, public services and households, including the most vulnerable in society, and supports the Scottish Government’s continued commitment to b…

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That the Parliament confirms its opposition to the further reductions that have been made to the Scottish budget as a result of the UK budget on 20 March 2013 and the damaging impact that the UK Government’s approach to public spending is having on the economy, public services and households, including the most vulnerable in society, and supports the Scottish Government’s continued commitment to both the social wage, including the universal benefits of free personal care, free prescriptions, concessionary travel, free eye tests and free tuition, and to the four pillars of public service reform, which together will help to ensure that the totality of public spending provides value for money, is sustainable and delivers the outcomes that matter most to Scotland’s people and businesses.

Amendments were lodged but none was agreed, so this vote was on the motion as lodged.

How the parties split

Every party voted as a bloc

Party	For	Against	Absent	Majority
SNP	58	0	7	✓ For united
Lab	0	33	4	✗ Against united
Con	0	10	5	✗ Against united
LD	0	5	0	✗ Against united
Green	2	0	0	✓ For united
Ind	2	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 MSPs

For (62)

SNP 58

Green 2

Ind 2

Against (48)

Lab 33

Con 10

LD 5

Did not vote (18)

SNP 7

Lab 4

Con 5

Ind 2

Against their party

Nobody. Every MSP who voted sided with their party's majority.

Context

The motion, its supporters and amendments
Watch on Scottish Parliament TV (that day's meetings)
All votes on 16 Apr 2013 (4)

Other votes that day (3)

Universal Services S4M-06225.1
Defeated 15–95
Universal Services S4M-06225.2
Defeated 15–94
Universal Services S4M-06225.3
Defeated 38–72

How this is worked out

Vote type, bill stage, free votes and key votes are worked out by this site from titles, dates and how each party split. They are not the Parliament’s own classification.

Kind and stage come from the motion title and reference (".1" references are amendments) and, for bills, the bill’s stage dates.
Bill links are shown only when the title matches a bill’s name and the vote falls within that bill’s passage.
Free vote means two or more parties each split by 15% or more, with ten or more MSPs off their party line. Parties rarely announce free votes in the data, so this is a likely sign, not a record.
Key vote means a bill’s Stage 1 or final vote, a budget vote, a likely free vote, or a result decided by three votes or fewer.
Against party line counts MSPs whose vote differed from the majority of their own party (independents excluded).

Motion text

How the parties split

Every MSP

For (62)

Against (48)

Did not vote (18)