Scottish Parliament – Nov. 25, 2025 – 4
Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 66 MSPs
No: 29 MSPs
Absent: 13 MSPs
Abstain: 21 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill
Divided opposition: Government Aye, Opposition dividedThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is proposing a motion, but there is division among opposition MPs/parties in opposing it (but generally, leaning against).
Motion
Motion type: Amendment(?)
S6M-19866: That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill.
Annotations
No annotations for this decision.
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 | 95 | 66 | 29 | 21 | 13 | 73.64% | 69.47% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 59 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 93.65% | 96.61% |
| Opposition | 66 | 36 | 9 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 54.55% | 25.00% |
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 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 89.29% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 59 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 93.65% | 96.61% |
| Labour | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 3.39% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Abstain | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 53.39% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 3.39% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Tess White | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.61% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Absent | n/a |