Scottish Parliament – Nov. 13, 2025 – 2
Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 81 MSPs
Absent: 13 MSPs
Abstain: 35 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill
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 result of the division on motion S6M-19565, in the name of Graham Simpson, on the Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill at stage 1, as amended, is: For 81, Against 0, Abstentions 35. Motion, as amended, agreed to, That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill, 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.”
Annotations
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Whip reports
No whip reports for this decision.
Overall counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 81 | 81 | 0 | 35 | 13 | 62.79% | 100.00% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 93.65% | 100.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 33.33% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Green | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 93.65% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 21 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 71.43% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33.33% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Abstain | n/a |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Ross Greer | Green | Abstain | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Abstain | n/a |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Absent | n/a |