Scottish Parliament – Sept. 16, 2025 – 15
Amendment 114: Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 47 MSPs
No: 65 MSPs
Absent: 17 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 114 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 | 112 | 47 | 65 | 17 | 86.82% | 41.96% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 60 | 2 | 58 | 3 | 95.24% | 3.33% |
| Opposition | 66 | 52 | 45 | 7 | 14 | 78.79% | 86.54% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 85.71% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 2 | 58 | 3 | 95.24% | 3.33% |
| Labour | 22 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 72.73% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.33% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.33% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 96.67% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |