Scottish Parliament – June 24, 2025 – 10
Amendment 147: Education (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 48 MSPs
No: 70 MSPs
Absent: 11 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Education (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 147 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 | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 118 | 48 | 70 | 11 | 91.47% | 40.68% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 59 | 48 | 11 | 7 | 89.39% | 81.36% |
| Government | 63 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 93.65% | 0.00% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 93.65% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 23 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 95.65% | 95.45% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.00% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 30 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 90.00% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 4.55% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 95.45% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |