Scottish Parliament – June 26, 2025 – 4
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - UK Legislation
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 87 MSPs
Absent: 14 MSPs
Abstain: 28 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill (2026)
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-18081: That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 17 December 2024, and subsequently amended, affecting child employment and community-based and secure accommodation, so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament and alter the executive competence of the Scottish Ministers, should be considered by the UK Parliament.
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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 | 87 | 87 | 0 | 28 | 14 | 67.44% | 100.00% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 48.48% | 100.00% |
| Government | 63 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 87.30% | 100.00% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 87.30% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 23 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 91.30% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |