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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 23 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 69.57% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 61 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 96.83% | 98.36% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 30 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 93.33% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| 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% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | 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% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Keith Brown | 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% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |