Scottish Parliament – June 24, 2025 – 14
Amendment 160: Education (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 48 MSPs
No: 69 MSPs
Absent: 12 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 160 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 | 117 | 48 | 69 | 12 | 90.70% | 41.03% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 58 | 0 | 58 | 5 | 92.06% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 59 | 48 | 11 | 7 | 89.39% | 81.36% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 30 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 86.67% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 23 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 95.65% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 58 | 0 | 58 | 5 | 92.06% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Tess White | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |