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% |
| Labour | 23 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 86.96% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 80.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 80.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | 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% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 20.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | 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% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | 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% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| 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% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | 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% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 70.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |