Scottish Parliament – March 4, 2025 – 4
Scotland’s Renewable Future
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 69 MSPs
No: 50 MSPs
Absent: 10 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Strong conflict: Gov proposesThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is proposing a motion and the opposition is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, that even if the government is likely to win, is a significant public signal of opposition.
Motion
Motion type: Other(?)
S6M-16657: That the Parliament rejects the creation of new nuclear power plants in Scotland and the risk that they bring;
believes that Scotland’s future is as a renewables powerhouse;
further believes that the expansion of renewables should have a positive impact on household energy bills;
notes the challenges and dangers of producing and managing hazardous radioactive nuclear waste products, and the potentially catastrophic consequences of the failure of a nuclear power plant;
recognises that the development and operation of renewable power generation is faster, cheaper and safer than that of nuclear power, and welcomes that renewables would deliver higher employment than nuclear power for the development and production of equivalent levels of generated power.
Annotations
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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 | 129 | 119 | 69 | 50 | 10 | 92.25% | 57.98% |
Government counts
Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition | 65 | 57 | 7 | 50 | 8 | 87.69% | 12.28% |
Government | 64 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 96.88% | 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 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 96.88% | 100.00% |
Labour | 22 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 77.27% | 0.00% |
Liberal Democrat | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
Conservative | 31 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 93.55% | 0.00% |
Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
Voting list
Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
---|---|---|---|
Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 100.00% |
Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 100.00% |
Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 100.00% |
Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Foysol Choudhury | Labour | No | 100.00% |
Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 100.00% |
Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Jenny Gilruth | 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 | No | 100.00% |
Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
Paul O'Kane | Labour | No | 100.00% |
Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
Graham Simpson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Michael Marra | Labour | No | 100.00% |
Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Jamie Greene | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
Baroness Clark | Labour | Absent | n/a |
Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Absent | n/a |