Vote · 7 Dec 2022

Business Programme

Amendment Motion S6M-07120.1 Lodged by Alexander Burnett Con

Defeated by 61

30 For 91 Against 0 Abstained 8 Did not vote

What this amendment would do

This vote was on a Conservative amendment (S6M-07120.1) to the SNP’s motion (S6M-07120). It was defeated, so it did not change the motion.

The amendment as lodged

leave out from “Tuesday 20 December 2022” to “12.45 pm Decision Time”.

All amendments to S6M-07120

S6M-07120.1 Conservative Alexander Burnett Defeated vote, 30–91

How the parties split

Every party voted as a bloc

Party	For	Against	Absent	Majority
SNP	0	60	4	✗ Against united
Con	30	0	1	✓ For united
Lab	0	21	1	✗ Against united
Green	0	7	0	✗ Against united
LD	0	3	1	✗ Against united
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 (30)

Con 30

Against (91)

SNP 60

Lab 21

Green 7

LD 3

Did not vote (8)

SNP 4

Con 1

Jamie Greene

Lab 1

Jackie Baillie

LD 1

Liam McArthur

NPA 1

Alison Johnstone

Against their party

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

Context

Amends motion S6M-07120
The motion, its supporters and amendments
Watch on Scottish Parliament TV (that day's meetings)
All votes on 7 Dec 2022 (4)

Other votes that day (3)

The State of the Scottish Education System S6M-07111 as amended by SNP
Carried 68–53
The State of the Scottish Education System S6M-07111.1
Defeated 54–67
The State of the Scottish Education System S6M-07111.3
Carried 66–54

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).