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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Beattie | 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% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | 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% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | 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% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | 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% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | 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% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | 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% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | 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% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 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% |
| Shona Robison | 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% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |