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