Scottish Parliament – Oct. 9, 2025 – 1
Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 52 MSPs
No: 63 MSPs
Absent: 14 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Right to Addiction Recovery (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: Other(?)
S6M-19128: That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill.
Annotations
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Whip reports
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Overall counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 115 | 52 | 63 | 14 | 89.15% | 45.22% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 58 | 50 | 8 | 8 | 87.88% | 86.21% |
| Government | 63 | 57 | 2 | 55 | 6 | 90.48% | 3.51% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 21 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 90.48% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00% | 80.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 57 | 2 | 55 | 6 | 90.48% | 3.51% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 85.71% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 80.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| 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 | 96.49% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 80.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 20.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 80.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.51% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 80.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.51% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 96.49% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Absent | n/a |