Scottish Parliament – Nov. 26, 2025 – 1
Business Programme
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 92 MSPs
No: 26 MSPs
Absent: 11 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
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: Other(?)
S6M-19921: That the Parliament agrees—(a) the following programme of business—Tuesday 2 December 20252.00 pm Time for Reflectionfollowed by Parliamentary Bureau Motionsfollowed by Topical Questions followed by Ministerial Statement: Commonwealth Games - Glasgow 2026followed by Scottish Government Debate: All Together: Uniting Local and National Efforts, Across Sectors to End Violence Against Women and Girlsfollowed by Committee Announcementsfollowed by Business Motionsfollowed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions5.00 pm Decision Timefollowed by Members’ BusinessWednesday 3 December 20252.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions2.00 pm Portfolio Questions: Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, and Parliamentary Business;
Justice and Home Affairsfollowed by Scottish Labour Party Businessfollowed by Business Motionsfollowed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions5.10 pm Decision Timefollowed by Members’ Business Thursday 4 December 202511.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions11.40 am General Questions12.00 pm First Minister's Questionsfollowed by Members’ Business2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions2.30 pm Portfolio Questions: Education and Skillsfollowed by Education, Children and Young People Committee Debate: Widening Access to Higher Educationfollowed by Business Motionsfollowed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions5.00 pm Decision TimeTuesday 9 December 20252.00 pm Time for Reflectionfollowed by Parliamentary Bureau Motionsfollowed by Topical Questions followed by Committee Businessfollowed by Scottish Government Businessfollowed by Committee Announcementsfollowed by Business Motionsfollowed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions5.00 pm Decision Timefollowed by Members’ BusinessWednesday 10 December 20252.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions2.00 pm Portfolio Questions: Deputy First Minister Responsibilities, Economy and Gaelic;
Finance and Local Governmentfollowed by Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Businessfollowed by Business Motionsfollowed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions5.10 pm Decision Timefollowed by Members’ Business Thursday 11 December 202511.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions11.40 am General Questions12.00 pm First Minister's Questionsfollowed by Members’ Business2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions2.30 pm Portfolio Questions: Climate Action and Energy, and Transportfollowed by Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee Debate: British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015 Inquiryfollowed by Business Motionsfollowed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions5.00 pm Decision Time (b) that, for the purposes of Portfolio Questions in the week beginning 1 December 2025, in rule 13.7.3, after the word “except” the words “to the extent to which the Presiding Officer considers that the questions are on the same or similar subject matter or” are inserted.
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 | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 118 | 92 | 26 | 11 | 91.47% | 77.97% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 95.24% | 100.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 58 | 32 | 26 | 8 | 87.88% | 55.17% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 92.86% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 95.24% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 21 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 85.71% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |