Scottish Parliament – June 24, 2025 – 4
Amendment 128: Education (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 49 MSPs
No: 65 MSPs
Absent: 15 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 128 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 | 114 | 49 | 65 | 15 | 88.37% | 42.98% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 88.89% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 58 | 49 | 9 | 8 | 87.88% | 84.48% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 30 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 90.00% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 88.89% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 23 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 95.65% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | 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% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | 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% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Tess White | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |