Scottish Parliament – June 24, 2025 – 15
Amendment 162: Education (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 47 MSPs
No: 69 MSPs
Absent: 13 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 162 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 | 116 | 47 | 69 | 13 | 89.92% | 40.52% |
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 | 58 | 47 | 11 | 8 | 87.88% | 81.03% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 30 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 83.33% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 58 | 0 | 58 | 5 | 92.06% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 23 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 95.65% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |