Vote · 14 Mar 2018

Procurement

Motion For Debate Motion S5M-10962 Lodged by Jackie Baillie Lab

Defeated by 51

36 For 87 Against 0 Abstained 6 Did not vote

That the Parliament believes that the procurement of goods, services and construction projects by the Scottish Government and the wider public sector should provide value for money, ensure that good employment practices are followed, have a supply chain that is anchored in Scotland and provide opportunities for businesses and jobs; regrets that the Scottish Government has failed to achieve these o…

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That the Parliament believes that the procurement of goods, services and construction projects by the Scottish Government and the wider public sector should provide value for money, ensure that good employment practices are followed, have a supply chain that is anchored in Scotland and provide opportunities for businesses and jobs; regrets that the Scottish Government has failed to achieve these objectives, and believes that an urgent review of procurement, including employment practice and the operation of the Scottish Futures Trust, is required.

How the parties split

Every party voted as a bloc

Party	For	Against	Absent	Majority
SNP	0	60	2	✗ Against united
Con	30	0	1	✓ For united
Lab	0	21	2	✗ Against united
Green	6	0	0	✓ For united
LD	0	5	0	✗ Against united
Ind	0	1	0	n/a
NPA	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 MSPs

For (36)

Con 30

Green 6

Against (87)

SNP 60

Lab 21

LD 5

Ind 1

Mark McDonald

Did not vote (6)

SNP 2

Con 1

Oliver Mundell

Lab 2

NPA 1

Ken Macintosh

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 14 Mar 2018 (3)

Other votes that day (2)

Procurement S5M-10962.2
Defeated 61–63
Procurement S5M-10962.3
Carried 90–33

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 (36)

Against (87)

Did not vote (6)