Scottish Parliament – Nov. 12, 2025 – 1
Rosebank (Amendment 4)
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 62 MSPs
No: 36 MSPs
Absent: 12 MSPs
Abstain: 19 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Strong conflict: Gov proposesThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is proposing a motion and the opposition is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, that even if the government is likely to win, is a significant public signal of opposition.
Motion
Motion type: Amendment(?)
S6M-19637.4: As an amendment to motion S6M-19637 in the name of Patrick Harvie (Rosebank), leave out from "opposes" to end and insert "affirms the importance of a just transition, which supports workers in the oil and gas industry, as the useful life of developments comes to an end, and believes that new developments must only proceed if they contribute to energy security, meet a rigorous climate compatibility assessment and are compatible with Scotland’s journey to net zero."
Original motion(S6M-19637): That the Parliament opposes the development of the Rosebank oil and gas field.
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 | 98 | 62 | 36 | 19 | 12 | 75.97% | 63.27% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 40 | 5 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 60.61% | 12.50% |
| Government | 63 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 92.06% | 98.28% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 92.06% | 98.28% |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 92.86% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Abstain | n/a |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 51.72% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 1.72% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |