Scottish Parliament – June 24, 2025 – 26
Amendment 18: Education (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 49 MSPs
No: 68 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 18 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 | 49 | 68 | 12 | 90.70% | 41.88% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 60 | 49 | 11 | 6 | 90.91% | 81.67% |
| Government | 63 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 90.48% | 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 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 90.48% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 23 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 95.65% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 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% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Tess White | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Absent | n/a |