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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 21 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 90.48% | 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 |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 40.00% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 85.71% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claire Baker | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Tess White | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | 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% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Kaukab Stewart | 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% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| 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% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | 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 |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | 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% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | 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 |