Scottish Parliament – Sept. 3, 2025 – 1
Palestine (Amendment 3)
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 26 MSPs
No: 83 MSPs
Absent: 15 MSPs
Abstain: 5 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Multi-party against: Government No, Opposition dividedThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is voting against a motion, and opposition MPs/parties are divided in their support.
This can reflect an amendment or motion bought by one opposition party, which other opposition parties are not supportive of.
Motion
Motion type: Amendment(?)
S6M-18686.3: As an amendment to motion S6M-18686 in the name of Angus Robertson (Palestine), after “Palestine” insert “at the appropriate time and as part of a wider and lasting peace settlement in which the Palestinian people are free from the control of Hamas,”.
Original motion(S6M-18686): That the Parliament agrees with the recognition of the State of Palestine and that peace in the region must be pursued by all.
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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 | 109 | 26 | 83 | 5 | 15 | 84.50% | 23.85% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 58 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 5 | 92.06% | 3.45% |
| Opposition | 66 | 51 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 77.27% | 47.06% |
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 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 82.14% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 58 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 5 | 92.06% | 3.45% |
| Labour | 22 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 95.45% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Green | 8 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 75.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Alba | Aye | 3.45% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Presiding Officer | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Independent | Aye | 3.45% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 96.55% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |