Scottish Parliament – March 27, 2025 – 1
Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Bill
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 64 MSPs
No: 1 MSP
Absent: 12 MSPs
Abstain: 53 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Bill
Cross party aye - OutlierThis vote is an outlier compared to other votes in this cluster. The description below is the closest match, but it may be significantly different to other votes in this cluster.
This vote is most similar to a group of votes where there is a cross party consensus in favour of a motion.
There may be scattered opposition (which is why a vote is being held at all), but it does not break down clearly along government/opposition lines.
Motion
Motion type: Other(?)
S6M-16789: That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Bill.
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 | 65 | 64 | 1 | 53 | 12 | 50.00% | 98.46% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 64 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 6 | 7.81% | 80.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 90.91% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 31 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 93.55% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 64 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 6 | 7.81% | 80.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 23 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 86.96% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 20.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 80.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 80.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 80.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 80.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |