Scottish Parliament – May 15, 2025 – 3
Scotland in Today’s Europe
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 70 MSPs
No: 45 MSPs
Absent: 14 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Strong conflict: Gov proposesThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is proposing a motion and the opposition is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, that even if the government is likely to win, is a significant public signal of opposition.
Motion
Motion type: Other(?)
S6M-17539: That the Parliament agrees that the best relationship that Scotland and the UK can have with the EU is to be a member of the EU;
calls on the UK Government to drop its red lines on the single market, customs union and freedom of movement;
further calls on the UK Government, at its forthcoming summit with the EU, as a first step, to negotiate an ambitious veterinary, food and drink agreement, closer energy and climate co-operation, greater freedom of movement, including opportunities for young people, and further measures to lessen the ongoing economic, social and cultural damage of Brexit, and believes that it is unacceptable that the UK Government has not shared any draft summit texts with the Scottish or other devolved governments.
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Whip reports
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Overall counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 115 | 70 | 45 | 14 | 89.15% | 60.87% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 54 | 10 | 44 | 12 | 81.82% | 18.52% |
| Government | 63 | 61 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 96.83% | 98.36% |
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 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 96.83% | 98.36% |
| Labour | 23 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 69.57% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 30 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 93.33% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 1.64% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Absent | n/a |