Scottish Parliament – Sept. 16, 2025 – 10
Amendment 106: Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 45 MSPs
No: 71 MSPs
Absent: 13 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill
Strong conflict: Opposition proposesThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the opposition has proposed a motion and the government is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, or that it would have substantive effects if passed.
Motion
Motion type: Amendment(?)
The question is, that amendment 106 be agreed to. Are we agreed?
Annotations
No annotations for this decision.
Whip reports
No whip reports for this decision.
Overall counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 116 | 45 | 71 | 13 | 89.92% | 38.79% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 60 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 95.24% | 1.67% |
| Opposition | 66 | 56 | 44 | 12 | 10 | 84.85% | 78.57% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 89.29% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 22 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 81.82% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 95.24% | 1.67% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.67% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |