Scottish Parliament – Nov. 13, 2025 – 1
Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill (Amendment 1)
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 66 MSPs
No: 47 MSPs
Absent: 14 MSPs
Abstain: 2 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-19565.1: As an amendment to motion S6M-19565 in the name of Graham Simpson (Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill), insert at end ", and, in so doing, believes that consideration should be given to agreeing a parliamentary complaints and sanctions process, backed by appropriate guidance, in relation to section 2 of the Bill.”
Original motion(S6M-19565): That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) 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 | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 113 | 66 | 47 | 2 | 14 | 87.60% | 58.41% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 55 | 9 | 46 | 2 | 9 | 83.33% | 16.36% |
| Government | 63 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 92.06% | 98.28% |
| Labour | 21 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 71.43% | 6.67% |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 92.86% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 6.67% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 1.72% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | No | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Abstain | n/a |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |