Scottish Parliament – Feb. 25, 2025 – 1
Suspension of Standing Orders
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 110 MSPs
Absent: 12 MSPs
Abstain: 7 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Cross party ayeThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where there is a cross party consensus in favour of a motion.
There may be scattered opposition (which is why a vote is being held at all), but it does not break down clearly along government/opposition lines.
Motion
Motion type: Other(?)
S6M-16585: That the Parliament agrees that, for the purposes of consideration of the third supplementary legislative consent memorandum on the Great British Energy Bill, Rule 9B.3.5 of Standing Orders is suspended.
Annotations
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Whip reports
No whip reports for this decision.
Overall counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 110 | 110 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 85.27% | 100.00% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 65 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 76.92% | 100.00% |
| Government | 64 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 93.75% | 100.00% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 22 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 77.27% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 64 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 93.75% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 31 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 93.55% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 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% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Ross Greer | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |