Scottish Parliament – June 11, 2025 – 3
Planning
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 91 MSPs
No: 1 MSP
Absent: 16 MSPs
Abstain: 21 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Cross party ayeThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where there is a cross party consensus in favour of a motion.
There may be scattered opposition (which is why a vote is being held at all), but it does not break down clearly along government/opposition lines.
Motion
Motion type: Other(?)
The result of the division on motion S6M-17862, in the name of Jackie Baillie, on planning, as amended, is: For 91, Against 1, Abstentions 21. Motion, as amended, agreed to, That the Parliament agrees that the Lomond Banks planning application for a development at Balloch should be called in for determination by the Scottish Ministers;
that any subsequent decision on the planning application should be made in a fair and impartial way that takes into account all relevant legal requirements and maintains the integrity of the planning process;
believes that the significant public interest in this application and its location within a national park make it a matter of national interest, and asks that ministers assess the application’s compatibility with National Planning Framework 4, as approved by the Parliament in 2023, and with the statutory aims of the national park.
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 | 92 | 91 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 71.32% | 98.91% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 87.88% | 100.00% |
| Government | 63 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 53.97% | 97.06% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 53.97% | 97.06% |
| Labour | 23 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 95.65% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 30 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 83.33% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 52.94% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 52.94% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 52.94% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 52.94% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 52.94% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 2.94% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 52.94% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 52.94% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 52.94% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 52.94% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 52.94% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Absent | n/a |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 52.94% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 52.94% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 52.94% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 52.94% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 52.94% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 52.94% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 52.94% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 52.94% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 52.94% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 52.94% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 97.06% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 52.94% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Absent | n/a |