Distinct Immigration Policy for Scotland — 11 Feb 2020 at 18:49

The majority of MPs voted against a distinct immigration policy for Scotland.

The motion rejected by a majority of MPs in this vote was:

  • That this House
  • condemns the UK Government’s response to the Scottish Government’s publication of 27 January 2020, Migration: Helping Scotland Prosper, setting out proposals for a Scottish visa scheme within a UK-wide system;
  • welcomes support for the Scottish Government’s proposals from the business and rural communities in Scotland as well as the Scottish Trades Union Congress, Federation of Small Businesses Scotland and Scottish Council for Development and Industry;
  • notes Scotland’s unique demographics in that all population growth for the next 25 years is projected to come from migration;
  • recalls comments from the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in June 2016 that Scotland would decide immigration numbers if the UK were to exit the EU; and
  • calls on the Home Secretary to engage positively with the Scottish Government in relation to these proposals before introducing the Immigration Bill and to devolve powers to the Scottish Parliament to enable a tailored migration policy for Scotland.

The Migration: Helping Scotland Prosper report[1] states:

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con316 (+2 tell) 0087.1%
DUP6 0075.0%
Independent0 10100.0%
Lab0 000.0%
LDem0 000.0%
PC0 2 (+2 tell)0100.0%
SNP0 43091.5%
Total:322 46058.3%

Rebel Voters - sorted by vote

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
no rebellions

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