Scottish Parliament – Sept. 16, 2025 – 13
Amendment 53: Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 42 MSPs
No: 69 MSPs
Absent: 18 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 53 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 | 111 | 42 | 69 | 18 | 86.05% | 37.84% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 58 | 1 | 57 | 5 | 92.06% | 1.72% |
| Opposition | 66 | 53 | 41 | 12 | 13 | 80.30% | 77.36% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 82.14% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 58 | 1 | 57 | 5 | 92.06% | 1.72% |
| Labour | 22 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 77.27% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.72% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |