Scottish Parliament – Feb. 20, 2025 – 4
Great British Energy Bill - UK Legislation
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 84 MSPs
No: 28 MSPs
Absent: 18 MSPs
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-16526: 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 in relation to sustainable development (clause 7A) on 11 February 2025, 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 | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 130 | 112 | 84 | 28 | 18 | 86.15% | 75.00% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 53 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 80.30% | 47.17% |
| Government | 64 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 5 | 92.19% | 100.00% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 64 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 5 | 92.19% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 23 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 65.22% | 93.33% |
| Liberal Democrat | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 31 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 87.10% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 6.67% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Absent | n/a |