Scottish Parliament – Sept. 25, 2025 – 2
Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Resolution
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 63 MSPs
No: 18 MSPs
Absent: 25 MSPs
Abstain: 23 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill
Nominal opposition: Government Aye Opposition Weak NoThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is proposing a motion, but opposition is less strongly opposing it (higher numbers of absences).
This can reflect different views between opposition parties - where at least one party neither wants to be on the record as voting for or against.
Motion
Motion type: Other(?)
S6M-18687: That the Parliament, for the purposes of any Act of the Scottish Parliament resulting from the Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill, agrees to any expenditure of a kind referred to in Rule 9.12.3A of the Parliament’s Standing Orders arising in consequence of the Act.
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 | 81 | 63 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 62.79% | 77.78% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 26 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 39.39% | 30.77% |
| Government | 63 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 87.30% | 100.00% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 87.30% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 22 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 63.64% | 7.14% |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 92.86% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 92.86% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 92.86% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 92.86% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 92.86% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 92.86% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 92.86% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 92.86% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 92.86% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 7.14% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 92.86% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 92.86% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 92.86% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 92.86% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |