Scottish Parliament – May 21, 2025 – 3
Empowering Scotland’s Island Communities
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 63 MSPs
No: 40 MSPs
Absent: 19 MSPs
Abstain: 7 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-17598: That the Parliament recognises Scotland's islands' invaluable contribution to Scotland’s economy, culture and identity;
welcomes the investments that have accompanied Scotland’s first ever national islands plan;
recognises the positive impact that the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 has had, but notes the need for further action to tackle island challenges;
welcomes the extensive community engagement to develop the new national islands plan, and notes that measures to address depopulation and create community wealth should be key themes of the new plan;
further welcomes the positive progress and impact of the Carbon Neutral Islands project, and agrees that the Scottish Government should continue to work towards prosperous and sustainable island communities.
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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 | 129 | 103 | 63 | 40 | 7 | 19 | 79.84% | 61.17% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 90.48% | 100.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 46 | 6 | 40 | 7 | 13 | 69.70% | 13.04% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 30 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 86.67% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 90.48% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 23 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 65.22% | 6.67% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 6.67% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |