Scottish Parliament – March 26, 2025 – 3

Approval of SSI

Result

✅ Motion passed.

Aye: 70 MSPs

Absent: 10 MSPs

Abstain: 50 MSPs

Parliamentary analysis

Nominal opposition: Government Aye Opposition Weak No

This 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(?)

S6M-16942: That the Parliament agrees that the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Treatment of Qualifications Scotland as Specified Authority) Order 2025 [draft] be approved.

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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 70 70 0 50 10 53.85% 100.00%

Government counts

Grouping MSPs on date Vote participant count For motion Against motion Neutral motion Absent motion Turnout For motion percentage
Opposition 66 11 11 0 50 5 16.67% 100.00%
Government 64 59 59 0 0 5 92.19% 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
Scottish National Party 64 59 59 0 0 5 92.19% 100.00%
Labour 23 0 0 0 20 3 0.00% n/a
Liberal Democrat 4 4 4 0 0 0 100.00% 100.00%
Conservative 31 0 0 0 30 1 0.00% n/a
Green 8 7 7 0 0 1 87.50% 100.00%

Voting list

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Person Party Vote Party alignment
George Adam Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Gordon MacDonald Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Collette Stevenson Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Sandesh Gulhane Conservative Abstain n/a
John Mason Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Jackson Carlaw Conservative Abstain n/a
Paul McLennan Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Maggie Chapman Green Aye 100.00%
Rhoda Grant Labour Abstain n/a
Ross Greer Green Aye 100.00%
Alexander Burnett Conservative Abstain n/a
Paul Sweeney Labour Abstain n/a
Angus Robertson Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Ben Macpherson Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Gillian Martin Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Natalie Don Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Mercedes Villalba Labour Abstain n/a
Stephanie Callaghan Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Joe FitzPatrick Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Monica Lennon Labour Abstain n/a
Lorna Slater Green Aye 100.00%
Kate Forbes Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Bob Doris Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Brian Whittle Conservative Abstain n/a
Finlay Carson Conservative Abstain n/a
Richard Leonard Labour Abstain n/a
Kenneth Gibson Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Stephen Kerr Conservative Abstain n/a
Davy Russell Labour Absent n/a
Paul O'Kane Labour Absent n/a
Keith Brown Scottish National Party Absent n/a
Anas Sarwar Labour Absent n/a
Russell Findlay Conservative Absent n/a
Neil Bibby Labour Abstain n/a
Murdo Fraser Conservative Abstain n/a
Shirley-Anne Somerville Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Baroness Clark Labour Abstain n/a
Clare Haughey Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Nicola Sturgeon Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
David Torrance Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Michael Marra Labour Abstain n/a
Bill Kidd Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Elena Whitham Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Jenni Minto Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Angela Constance Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Annie Wells Conservative Abstain n/a
Clare Adamson Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Rona Mackay Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Richard Lochhead Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Christina McKelvie Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Mairi Gougeon Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Tim Eagle Conservative Abstain n/a
Willie Rennie Liberal Democrat Aye 100.00%
Jamie Halcro Johnston Conservative Abstain n/a
Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Carol Mochan Labour Abstain n/a
Miles Briggs Conservative Abstain n/a
Karen Adam Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
James Dornan Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Gillian Mackay Green Aye 100.00%
Emma Harper Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Willie Coffey Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
John Swinney Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Jeremy Balfour Conservative Abstain n/a
Jamie Hepburn Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Meghan Gallacher Conservative Abstain n/a
Tom Arthur Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Jackie Baillie Labour Abstain n/a
Emma Roddick Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Daniel Johnson Labour Abstain n/a
Fiona Hyslop Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Douglas Lumsden Conservative Abstain n/a
Ruth Maguire 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%
Christine Grahame Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Annabelle Ewing Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Roz McCall Conservative Abstain n/a
Jim Fairlie Scottish National Party Absent n/a
Ash Denham Scottish National Party Absent n/a
Rachael Hamilton Conservative Abstain n/a
Edward Mountain Conservative Abstain n/a
Alasdair Allan Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Alex Rowley Labour Abstain n/a
Sue Webber Conservative Abstain n/a
Elizabeth Smith Conservative Abstain n/a
Graham Simpson Conservative Abstain n/a
Martin Whitfield Labour Abstain n/a
Maurice Golden Conservative Abstain n/a
Kaukab Stewart Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Colin Smyth Labour Abstain n/a
Beatrice Wishart Liberal Democrat Aye 100.00%
Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Claire Baker Labour Abstain n/a
Humza Yousaf Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Jamie Greene Conservative Abstain n/a
Alison Johnstone Green Absent n/a
Marie McNair Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Ivan McKee Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Tess White Conservative Abstain n/a
Alex Cole-Hamilton Liberal Democrat Aye 100.00%
Foysol Choudhury Labour Abstain n/a
Michael Matheson Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Pauline McNeill Labour Abstain n/a
Kevin Stewart Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Craig Hoy Conservative Abstain n/a
Shona Robison Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Audrey Nicoll Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Pam Gosal Conservative Abstain n/a
Mark Ruskell Green Aye 100.00%
Patrick Harvie Green Aye 100.00%
Ariane Burgess Green Aye 100.00%
Liam McArthur Liberal Democrat Aye 100.00%
Sarah Boyack Labour Abstain n/a
Pam Duncan-Glancy Labour Abstain n/a
Mark Griffin Labour Abstain n/a
Maree Todd Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Evelyn Tweed Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Fergus Ewing Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Liam Kerr Conservative Abstain n/a
Oliver Mundell Conservative Abstain n/a
Douglas Ross Conservative Abstain n/a
Colin Beattie Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Màiri McAllan Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Alexander Stewart Conservative Abstain n/a
Michelle Thomson Scottish National Party Aye 100.00%
Sharon Dowey Conservative Abstain n/a
Siobhian Brown Scottish National Party Absent n/a
Jenny Gilruth Scottish National Party Absent n/a