Scottish Parliament – March 12, 2025 – 2
Protecting Single-sex Spaces in the Public Sector
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 61 MSPs
No: 31 MSPs
Absent: 18 MSPs
Abstain: 20 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Nominal opposition: Government Aye Opposition Weak NoThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is proposing a motion, but opposition is less strongly opposing it (higher numbers of absences).
This can reflect different views between opposition parties - where at least one party neither wants to be on the record as voting for or against.
Motion
Motion type: Other(?)
The result of the division on motion S6M-16755, in the name of Russell Findlay, on protecting single-sex spaces in the public sector, as amended, is: For 61, Against 31, Abstentions 20. Motion, as amended, agreed to, That the Parliament notes that the Scottish Government fully upholds the Equality Act 2010, and requires all public bodies to comply with the law, and welcomes the role of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission in providing codes of practice and guidance.
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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 | 92 | 61 | 31 | 20 | 18 | 70.77% | 66.30% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 64 | 57 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 89.06% | 87.72% |
| Opposition | 66 | 35 | 11 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 53.03% | 31.43% |
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 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 77.42% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 64 | 57 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 89.06% | 87.72% |
| Labour | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Liberal Democrat | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 12.28% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 12.28% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 12.28% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 12.28% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 12.28% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 12.28% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 12.28% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 87.72% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Absent | n/a |