Scottish Parliament – June 26, 2025 – 3
Employment Rights Bill - UK Legislation
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 88 MSPs
No: 1 MSP
Absent: 13 MSPs
Abstain: 27 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Employment Rights Bill
Cross party ayeThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where there is a cross party consensus in favour of a motion.
There may be scattered opposition (which is why a vote is being held at all), but it does not break down clearly along government/opposition lines.
Motion
Motion type: Other(?)
S6M-18075: That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions in the Employment Rights Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 10 October 2024, and subsequently amended, relating to the protection of workers in relation to relevant outsourcing contracts (amended clause 30), and the establishment of the Social Care Negotiating Body for Scotland (amended clauses 36 to 46 and 48 to 52, alongside related amended clauses 153 and 155), so far as these matters alter the executive competence of the Scottish Ministers, should be considered by the UK Parliament.
Annotations
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Whip reports
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Overall counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 89 | 88 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 68.99% | 98.88% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 88.89% | 100.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 50.00% | 96.97% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 3.33% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 88.89% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 23 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 91.30% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Tess White | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |