Scottish Parliament – Feb. 6, 2025 – 1
Great British Energy Bill - UK Legislation
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 88 MSPs
No: 28 MSPs
Absent: 13 MSPs
Abstain: 1 MSP
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Great British Energy Bill (2025)
Divided opposition: Government Aye, Opposition dividedThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is proposing a motion, but there is division among opposition MPs/parties in opposing it (but generally, leaning against).
Motion
Motion type: Other(?)
S6M-16346: That the Parliament agrees that all relevant provisions of the Great British Energy Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 25 July 2024 and subsequently amended, so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament and alter the executive competence of the Scottish Ministers, should be considered by the UK Parliament.
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Whip reports
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Overall counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 130 | 116 | 88 | 28 | 1 | 13 | 89.23% | 75.86% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 64 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 90.62% | 100.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 58 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 87.88% | 51.72% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 31 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 90.32% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 64 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 90.62% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 23 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 86.96% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Alba | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Presiding Officer | Absent | n/a |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Independent | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Davy Russell | Unknown | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |