Scottish Parliament – Oct. 8, 2025 – 6
Suspension of Standing Orders
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 85 MSPs
Absent: 18 MSPs
Abstain: 26 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Cross party ayeThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where there is a cross party consensus in favour of a motion.
There may be scattered opposition (which is why a vote is being held at all), but it does not break down clearly along government/opposition lines.
Motion
Motion type: Other(?)
The next question is, that motion S6M-19268, in the name of Graeme Dey, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, on suspension of standing orders, be agreed to. Are we agreed? S6M-19268: That the Parliament agrees, for the purposes of consideration of the supplementary legislative consent memorandum on the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill, Rules 9B.3.5 and 9B.3.6 of Standing Orders are suspended.
Annotations
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Whip reports
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Overall counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 85 | 85 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 65.89% | 100.00% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 46.97% | 100.00% |
| Government | 63 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 85.71% | 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 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 85.71% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 21 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 90.48% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 40.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66.67% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |