Scottish Parliament – Sept. 16, 2025 – 5
Amendment 102: Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 51 MSPs
No: 57 MSPs
Absent: 14 MSPs
Abstain: 7 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 102 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 | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 108 | 51 | 57 | 7 | 14 | 83.72% | 47.22% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 74.24% | 100.00% |
| Government | 63 | 59 | 2 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 93.65% | 3.39% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 22 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 81.82% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 59 | 2 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 93.65% | 3.39% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Green | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 28 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 89.29% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.39% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.39% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |