Scottish Parliament – June 10, 2025 – 13
Amendment 81: Care Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 50 MSPs
No: 60 MSPs
Absent: 12 MSPs
Abstain: 7 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Care Reform (Scotland) Bill
Strong conflict: Opposition proposesThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the opposition has proposed a motion and the government is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, or that it would have substantive effects if passed.
Motion
Motion type: Amendment(?)
The question is, that amendment 81 be agreed to. Are we agreed?
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 | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 110 | 50 | 60 | 7 | 12 | 85.27% | 45.45% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 95.24% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 75.76% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 30 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 83.33% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 95.24% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60.00% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 23 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 95.65% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |