Vote · 8 Mar 2023

Business Programme

Amendment Motion S6M-08150.1 Lodged by Douglas Lumsden Con

Defeated by 9

56 For 65 Against 0 Abstained 8 Did not vote

What this amendment would do

This vote was on a Conservative amendment (S6M-08150.1) to the SNP’s motion (S6M-08150). It was defeated, so it did not change the motion. The final vote on the motion was carried 97–22.

The amendment as lodged

leave out— “2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions2.30 pm Portfolio Questions: Social Justice, Housing and Local Government”and insert“2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions2.00 pm Portfolio Questions: Social Justice, Housing and Local Governmentfollowed by Ministerial Statement: Children’s Orchestras Funding U-turnfollowed by Ministerial Statement: Ferguson Marine and Ferry Services Updatefollowed by Ministerial Statement: Deposit Return Scheme Update”.

All amendments to S6M-08150

S6M-08150.2 Labour Neil Bibby Defeated vote, 22–94
S6M-08150.1 Conservative Douglas Lumsden Defeated vote, 56–65

How the parties split

Every party voted as a bloc

Party	For	Against	Absent	Majority
SNP	0	59	5	✗ Against united
Con	30	0	1	✓ For united
Lab	22	0	0	✓ For united
Green	0	6	1	✗ Against united
LD	4	0	0	✓ For 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 (56)

Con 30

Lab 22

LD 4

Against (65)

SNP 59

Green 6

Did not vote (8)

SNP 5

Con 1

Miles Briggs

Green 1

Lorna Slater

NPA 1

Alison Johnstone

Against their party

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

Context

Amends the main motion, S6M-08150 (carried)
The motion, its supporters and amendments
Watch on Scottish Parliament TV (that day's meetings)
All votes on 8 Mar 2023 (5)

Other votes that day (4)

Business Programme S6M-08150
Carried 97–22
Business Programme S6M-08150.2
Defeated 22–94
Stage 1 Timetable S6M-08151.1
Defeated 55–65
Approval of SSI S6M-08153
Carried 87–31

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).