Scottish Parliament – Sept. 3, 2025 – 2
Palestine (Amendment 2)
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 83 MSPs
No: 25 MSPs
Absent: 15 MSPs
Abstain: 6 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Divided opposition: Government Aye, Opposition dividedThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is proposing a motion, but there is division among opposition MPs/parties in opposing it (but generally, leaning against).
Motion
Motion type: Amendment(?)
S6M-18686.2: As an amendment to motion S6M-18686 in the name of Angus Robertson (Palestine), insert at end “;
welcomes the actions taken by the UK Government to respect the jurisdiction and independence of the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court, restore funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, restrict arms sales licences to prevent breaches of international law, issue sanctions on Israeli ministers and settlers in the West Bank and commit to recognising a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly;
calls on the Scottish Government to update the Parliament on the due diligence checks carried out by Scottish Enterprise during investment decision processes to ensure that defence products are not used in breaches of humanitarian law in Gaza or elsewhere, and considers that there must be an immediate ceasefire, with delivery of humanitarian aid and food into Gaza, the release of all the hostages and a pathway to a lasting peace between Israel and Palestine, secured by a two-state solution.”
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.
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 | 108 | 83 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 83.72% | 76.85% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 50 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 75.76% | 52.00% |
| Government | 63 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 92.06% | 98.28% |
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 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 92.06% | 98.28% |
| Labour | 22 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 95.45% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Green | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 28 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 82.14% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 1.72% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Absent | n/a |