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 divided

This 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.

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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

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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