Scottish Parliament – June 25, 2025 – 29
Amendment 52: Education (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 47 MSPs
No: 66 MSPs
Absent: 16 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 52 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 | 113 | 47 | 66 | 16 | 87.60% | 41.59% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 58 | 47 | 11 | 8 | 87.88% | 81.03% |
| Government | 63 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 87.30% | 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 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 87.30% | 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 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 83.33% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | 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% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Tess White | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |