Scottish Parliament – Feb. 25, 2025 – 3
Great British Energy Bill - UK Legislation
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 86 MSPs
No: 29 MSPs
Absent: 8 MSPs
Abstain: 7 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-16578: 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 an independent review of GB Energy (clause 6A) on 20 February 2025, so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament, should be considered by the UK Parliament.
Annotations
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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 | 115 | 86 | 29 | 7 | 8 | 88.46% | 74.78% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 64 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 95.31% | 100.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 54 | 25 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 81.82% | 46.30% |
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 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 93.55% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Scottish National Party | 64 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 95.31% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 23 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 91.30% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | 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% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Ross Greer | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Absent | n/a |