Scottish Parliament – Sept. 16, 2025 – 7
Amendment 101: Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 53 MSPs
No: 61 MSPs
Absent: 15 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 101 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 | 114 | 53 | 61 | 15 | 88.37% | 46.49% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 55 | 51 | 4 | 11 | 83.33% | 92.73% |
| Government | 63 | 59 | 2 | 57 | 4 | 93.65% | 3.39% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 59 | 2 | 57 | 4 | 93.65% | 3.39% |
| Labour | 22 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 81.82% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 89.29% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.39% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.39% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 96.61% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |