Vote · 7 Feb 2017
Article 50
Defeated by 114
5 For
119 Against
0 Abstained
5 Did not vote
Motion text
As an amendment to motion S5M-03858 in the name of Michael Russell (Article 50), insert at end “; believes that a democratic decision cannot end with a 'blank cheque-Brexit' and a deal that nobody voted for being imposed by the UK Conservative administration, and calls for the bill to be rejected unless the UK Government agrees to a referendum on the final terms of Brexit.”
How the parties split
Every party voted as a bloc| Party | Split | For | Against | Abst. | Absent | Majority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | 0 | 61 | 0 | 2 | ✗ Against united | |
| Con | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ✗ Against united | |
| Lab | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | ✗ Against united | |
| Green | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ✗ Against united | |
| LD | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ✓ For united | |
| NPA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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
129 MSPsFor (5)
Against (119)
SNP 61
- George Adam
- Clare Adamson
- Dr Alasdair Allan
- Tom Arthur
- Colin Beattie
- Keith Brown
- Aileen Campbell
- Willie Coffey
- Angela Constance
- Bruce Crawford
- Roseanna Cunningham
- Graeme Dey
- Bob Doris
- James Dornan
- Annabelle Ewing
- Fergus Ewing
- Linda Fabiani
- Joe FitzPatrick
- Kate Forbes
- Jeane Freeman
- Kenneth Gibson
- Jenny Gilruth
- Mairi Gougeon
- Christine Grahame
- Emma Harper
- Clare Haughey
- Jamie Hepburn
- Fiona Hyslop
- Bill Kidd
- Richard Lochhead
- Richard Lyle
- Angus MacDonald
- Gordon MacDonald
- Fulton MacGregor
- Derek Mackay
- Rona Mackay
- Ben Macpherson
- Ruth Maguire
- Gillian Martin
- John Mason
- Michael Matheson
- Joan McAlpine
- Ivan McKee
- Christina McKelvie
- Stuart McMillan
- Gil Paterson
- Ash Regan
- Shona Robison
- Gail Ross
- Michael Russell
- Shirley-Anne Somerville
- Stewart Stevenson
- Kevin Stewart
- Nicola Sturgeon
- John Swinney
- Maree Todd
- David Torrance
- Maureen Watt
- Paul Wheelhouse
- Sandra White
- Humza Yousaf
Con 31
- Jeremy Balfour
- Bill Bowman
- Miles Briggs
- Alexander Burnett
- Donald Cameron
- Jackson Carlaw
- Finlay Carson
- Peter Chapman
- Maurice Corry
- Ruth Davidson
- Murdo Fraser
- Maurice Golden
- Jamie Greene
- Rachael Hamilton
- Alison Harris
- Liam Kerr
- John Lamont
- Gordon Lindhurst
- Dean Lockhart
- Margaret Mitchell
- Edward Mountain
- Oliver Mundell
- Douglas Ross
- John Scott
- Graham Simpson
- Liz Smith
- Alexander Stewart
- Ross Thomson
- Adam Tomkins
- Annie Wells
- Brian Whittle
Lab 21