Scottish Parliament – Sept. 2, 2025 – 5
Priorities for Scotland
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 66 MSPs
No: 52 MSPs
Absent: 10 MSPs
Abstain: 1 MSP
Parliamentary analysis
Strong conflict: Gov proposesThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is proposing a motion and the opposition is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, that even if the government is likely to win, is a significant public signal of opposition.
Motion
Motion type: Other(?)
S6M-18671: That the Parliament welcomes the Scottish Government’s continued focus on its four key priorities of eradicating child poverty, tackling the climate emergency, growing the economy, and ensuring high-quality and sustainable public services;
recognises that the delivery of these priorities is within the significant constraints of a constitutional settlement that hampers achieving those priorities due to the policy decisions of UK Conservative and Labour administrations, and recognises that it is only by choosing independence that Scotland can get the fresh start that its people need and deserve.
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 | 118 | 66 | 52 | 1 | 10 | 91.47% | 55.93% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 95.24% | 100.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 58 | 6 | 52 | 0 | 8 | 87.88% | 10.34% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 92.86% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 95.24% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 22 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 90.91% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |