Scottish Parliament – Feb. 20, 2025 – 5

Scottish Rate Resolution

Result

✅ Motion passed.

Aye: 86 MSPs

No: 27 MSPs

Absent: 16 MSPs

Parliamentary analysis

Divided opposition: Government Aye, Opposition divided

This 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-16531: That the Parliament agrees that, for the purposes of section 11A of the Income Tax Act 2007 (which provides for Income Tax to be charged at Scottish rates on certain non-savings and non-dividend income of a Scottish taxpayer to be charged above the personal allowance), the Scottish rates and limits for the tax year 2025-26 are as follows—(a) a starter rate of 19%, charged on income up to a limit of £2,827,  (b) the Scottish basic rate is 20%, charged on income above £2,827 and up to a limit of £14,921,  (c) an intermediate rate of 21%, charged on income above £14,921 and up to a limit of £31,092,  (d) a higher rate of 42%, charged on income above £31,092 and up to a limit of £62,430,   (e) an advanced rate of 45%, charged on income above £62,430 and up to a limit of £125,140, and(f) a top rate of 48%, charged on income above £125,140.

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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 129 113 86 27 16 87.60% 76.11%

Government counts

Grouping MSPs on date Vote participant count For motion Against motion Absent motion Turnout For motion percentage
Government 64 59 59 0 5 92.19% 100.00%
Opposition 65 54 27 27 11 83.08% 50.00%

Party voting counts

Grouping MSPs on date Vote participant count For motion Against motion Absent motion Party turnout For motion percentage
Conservative 31 27 0 27 4 87.10% 0.00%
Green 8 7 7 0 1 87.50% 100.00%
Scottish National Party 64 59 59 0 5 92.19% 100.00%
Labour 22 16 16 0 6 72.73% 100.00%
Liberal Democrat 4 4 4 0 0 100.00% 100.00%

Voting list

Person Party Vote Party alignment
John Swinney Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Colin Smyth Labour Aye 100.00%
Emma Roddick Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Keith Brown Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Daniel Johnson Labour Aye 100.00%
Beatrice Wishart Liberal Democrat Aye 100.00%
Mercedes Villalba Labour Aye 100.00%
Ben Macpherson Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Claire Baker Labour Aye 100.00%
Bob Doris Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Neil Gray Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Sharon Dowey Conservative No 100.00%
Roz McCall Conservative No 100.00%
Ruth Maguire Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Oliver Mundell Conservative No 100.00%
Màiri McAllan Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Graeme Dey Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Jackie Dunbar Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Stephen Kerr Conservative No 100.00%
Alex Cole-Hamilton Liberal Democrat Aye 100.00%
Rachael Hamilton Conservative No 100.00%
Marie McNair Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Murdo Fraser Conservative No 100.00%
Michael Matheson Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Baroness Clark Labour Aye 100.00%
Bill Kidd Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Elena Whitham Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Kevin Stewart Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Michael Marra Labour Aye 100.00%
Alasdair Allan Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Angus Robertson Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Maree Todd Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Rhoda Grant Labour Aye 100.00%
Paul McLennan Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Graham Simpson Conservative No 100.00%
Ross Greer Green Aye 100.00%
Richard Lochhead Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Shona Robison Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Rona Mackay Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Emma Harper Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Jim Fairlie Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Karen Adam Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Meghan Gallacher Conservative No 100.00%
Fiona Hyslop Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Richard Leonard Labour Aye 100.00%
Kenneth Gibson Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Jamie Greene Conservative No 100.00%
Russell Findlay Conservative No 100.00%
Gordon MacDonald Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
George Adam Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Pauline McNeill Labour Aye 100.00%
Patrick Harvie Green Aye 100.00%
Pam Gosal Conservative No 100.00%
Tim Eagle Conservative No 100.00%
Mark Griffin Labour Aye 100.00%
Paul Sweeney Labour Aye 100.00%
Carol Mochan Labour Aye 100.00%
Ash Denham Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Maggie Chapman Green Aye 100.00%
Liam McArthur Liberal Democrat Aye 100.00%
Sarah Boyack Labour Aye 100.00%
Paul O'Kane Labour Absent n/a
David Torrance Scottish National Party Absent n/a
Douglas Ross Conservative Absent n/a
Monica Lennon Labour Absent n/a
Sandesh Gulhane Conservative Absent n/a
Anas Sarwar Labour Absent n/a
Pam Duncan-Glancy Labour Absent n/a
Lorna Slater Green Aye 100.00%
Maurice Golden Conservative No 100.00%
Fergus Ewing Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Joe FitzPatrick Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Kaukab Stewart Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Natalie Don Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Kate Forbes Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Humza Yousaf Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Brian Whittle Conservative No 100.00%
Annabelle Ewing Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Michelle Thomson Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Clare Haughey Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Foysol Choudhury Labour Aye 100.00%
Nicola Sturgeon Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Shirley-Anne Somerville Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Tess White Conservative No 100.00%
Neil Bibby Labour Aye 100.00%
Ivan McKee Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Edward Mountain Conservative No 100.00%
Jenni Minto Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Siobhian Brown Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Craig Hoy Conservative No 100.00%
Jenny Gilruth Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Audrey Nicoll Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Christina McKelvie Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Elizabeth Smith Conservative No 100.00%
Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Jamie Halcro Johnston Conservative No 100.00%
Alison Johnstone Green Absent n/a
Alexander Stewart Conservative Absent n/a
Willie Coffey Scottish National Party Absent n/a
Alexander Burnett Conservative Absent n/a
Alex Rowley Labour Absent n/a
Gillian Mackay Green Aye 100.00%
James Dornan Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Jamie Hepburn Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Evelyn Tweed Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Jeremy Balfour Conservative No 100.00%
Tom Arthur Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Douglas Lumsden Conservative No 100.00%
Liam Kerr Conservative No 100.00%
Finlay Carson Conservative No 100.00%
Christine Grahame Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Collette Stevenson Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Clare Adamson Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Angela Constance Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Annie Wells Conservative No 100.00%
Mark Ruskell Green Aye 100.00%
Mairi Gougeon Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
John Mason Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Jackson Carlaw Conservative No 100.00%
Sue Webber Conservative No 100.00%
Miles Briggs Conservative No 100.00%
Martin Whitfield Labour Aye 100.00%
Willie Rennie Liberal Democrat Aye 100.00%
Ariane Burgess Green Aye 100.00%
Gillian Martin Scottish National Party Absent n/a
Colin Beattie Scottish National Party Absent n/a
Jackie Baillie Labour Absent n/a
Stephanie Callaghan Scottish National Party Absent n/a