Scottish Parliament – June 25, 2025 – 48
Amendment 298: Education (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 48 MSPs
No: 66 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 298 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 | 48 | 66 | 15 | 88.37% | 42.11% |
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 | 48 | 10 | 8 | 87.88% | 82.76% |
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% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 88.89% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.00% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 23 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 95.65% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Tess White | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |