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
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% |
| Labour | 23 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 91.30% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| 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 |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Tess White | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| 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% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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 |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | 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% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | 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 |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |