Scottish Parliament – June 25, 2025 – 7
Amendment 216: Education (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 55 MSPs
No: 61 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 216 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 | 55 | 61 | 13 | 89.92% | 47.41% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 90.48% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 59 | 55 | 4 | 7 | 89.39% | 93.22% |
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 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 23 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 95.65% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 90.48% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | 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% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | 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% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | 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% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | 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% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Absent | n/a |