Scottish Parliament – Sept. 16, 2025 – 16
Amendment 115: Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 46 MSPs
No: 65 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 115 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 | 46 | 65 | 18 | 86.05% | 41.44% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 52 | 45 | 7 | 14 | 78.79% | 86.54% |
| Government | 63 | 59 | 1 | 58 | 4 | 93.65% | 1.69% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 59 | 1 | 58 | 4 | 93.65% | 1.69% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 85.71% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 22 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 72.73% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Independent | No | 98.31% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Independent | Aye | 1.69% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Alba | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Alison Johnstone | Presiding Officer | Absent | n/a |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.31% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |