Scottish Parliament – June 18, 2025 – 2
Demanding a Better Deal for Taxpayers in Scotland
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 83 MSPs
No: 31 MSPs
Absent: 14 MSPs
Abstain: 1 MSP
Parliamentary analysis
Divided opposition: Government Aye, Opposition dividedThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is proposing a motion, but there is division among opposition MPs/parties in opposing it (but generally, leaning against).
Motion
Motion type: Other(?)
The result of the division on motion S6M-17980, in the name of Craig Hoy, on demanding a better deal for taxpayers in Scotland, as amended, is: For 83, Against 31, Abstentions 1. Motion, as amended, agreed to, That the Parliament believes that public service reform must be an ongoing process in order to deliver the best use of public funding, and recognises that the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party’s arbitrary scheme would lead to a cut in available public funding for vital services like the NHS.
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 | 114 | 83 | 31 | 1 | 14 | 88.37% | 72.81% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 61 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 96.83% | 98.36% |
| Opposition | 66 | 53 | 23 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 80.30% | 43.40% |
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 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 93.33% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 61 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 96.83% | 98.36% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 23 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 60.87% | 85.71% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 85.71% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | No | 14.29% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 1.64% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 85.71% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 14.29% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 85.71% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 85.71% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 85.71% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 85.71% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 85.71% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 85.71% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 85.71% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 85.71% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 51.64% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | 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% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 85.71% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.36% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 85.71% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Absent | n/a |