Scottish Parliament – April 23, 2025 – 3
UK Government Welfare Reforms
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 73 MSPs
No: 40 MSPs
Absent: 16 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Divided opposition: Government Aye, Opposition dividedThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is proposing a motion, but there is division among opposition MPs/parties in opposing it (but generally, leaning against).
Motion
Motion type: Other(?)
S6M-17242: That the Parliament calls on the UK Labour administration to immediately scrap its damaging social security reforms, as announced in the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper;
highlights the UK Government’s own impact analysis, which shows that 250,000 people, including 50,000 children, will be pushed into poverty under these plans, and notes the Resolution Foundation’s report that lower-income households are set to become £500 a year poorer, following the UK Government’s Spring Statement 2025.
Annotations
No annotations for this decision.
Whip reports
No whip reports for this decision.
Overall counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 113 | 73 | 40 | 16 | 87.60% | 64.60% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 52 | 12 | 40 | 14 | 78.79% | 23.08% |
| Government | 63 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 96.83% | 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 | 63 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 96.83% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 30 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 86.67% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 23 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 60.87% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Alba | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Independent | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Presiding Officer | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | 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% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Davy Russell | Unknown | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |