Scottish Parliament – Oct. 9, 2025 – 2
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - UK Legislation
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 81 MSPs
No: 10 MSPs
Absent: 15 MSPs
Abstain: 23 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (2025)
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(?)
S6M-19275: That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions of the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 22 January 2025, and subsequently amended, relating to clauses 78, 90, 98 and 99, and schedule 4, so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament, should be considered by the UK Parliament.
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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 | 91 | 81 | 10 | 23 | 15 | 70.54% | 89.01% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 23 | 8 | 53.03% | 74.29% |
| Government | 63 | 56 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 88.89% | 98.21% |
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 | 56 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 88.89% | 98.21% |
| Independent | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66.67% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 21 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 90.48% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 3.57% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 1.79% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.21% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |