Vote · 13 Nov 2024

Business Programme

Amendment Motion S6M-15423.1 Lodged by Martin Whitfield Lab

Defeated by 16

51 For 67 Against 0 Abstained 11 Did not vote

What this amendment would do

This vote was on a Labour amendment (S6M-15423.1) to the SNP’s motion (S6M-15423). It was defeated, so it did not change the motion. The final vote on the motion was carried 68–51.

The amendment as lodged

leave out from "followed by Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Bill: Emergency Bill Motion" to "Stage 1 Debate: Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Bill and insert—"followed by Business Motionsfollowed by Parliamentary Bureau Motionsfollowed by Approval of SSIs (if required)5.15 pm Decision Timefollowed by Members’ BusinessThursday 21 November 202411.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions11.40 am General Questions12.00 pm First Minister's Questionsfollowed by Members’ Business2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions2.30 pm Portfolio Questions: Net Zero and Energy, and Transportfollowed by Scottish Government Business".

All amendments to S6M-15423

S6M-15423.2 Conservative Liam Kerr Defeated vote, 48–70
S6M-15423.1 Labour Martin Whitfield Defeated vote, 51–67

How the parties split

Every party voted as a bloc

Party	For	Against	Absent	Majority
SNP	0	59	3	✗ Against united
Con	28	0	3	✓ For united
Lab	19	0	3	✓ For united
Green	0	7	0	✗ Against united
LD	4	0	0	✓ For united
Alba	0	0	1	did not vote
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 (51)

Con 28

Lab 19

LD 4

Against (67)

SNP 59

Green 7

Ind 1

John Mason

Did not vote (11)

SNP 3

Con 3

Lab 3

Alba 1

Ash Regan

NPA 1

Alison Johnstone

Against their party

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

Context

Amends the main motion, S6M-15423 (carried)
The motion, its supporters and amendments
Watch on Scottish Parliament TV (that day's meetings)
All votes on 13 Nov 2024 (9)

Other votes that day (8)

Reversing the Family Farm Tax S6M-15400 as amended by SNP
Carried 93–26
Reversing the Family Farm Tax S6M-15400.1
Defeated 19–100
Reversing the Family Farm Tax S6M-15400.2
Carried 93–26
Scotland’s Housing Emergency S6M-15401 as amended by SNP
Carried 66–52
Scotland’s Housing Emergency S6M-15401.3
Carried 60–57
Business Programme S6M-15423
Carried 68–51
Business Programme S6M-15423.2
Defeated 48–70
Approval of SSI S6M-15425
Carried 61–0

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).