Scottish Parliament – Nov. 26, 2025 – 4
Backing Oil and Gas
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 28 MSPs
No: 89 MSPs
Absent: 9 MSPs
Abstain: 3 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Multi-party against: Government No, Opposition dividedThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is voting against a motion, and opposition MPs/parties are divided in their support.
This can reflect an amendment or motion bought by one opposition party, which other opposition parties are not supportive of.
Motion
Motion type: Other(?)
S6M-19894: That the Parliament regrets the Scottish Government's ideological drive to end North Sea oil and gas exploration and production;
notes the negative impact on oil and gas jobs, energy security, the economy and the environment of the Scottish Government's failure to pursue an informed, data-led, evidence-based North Sea policy;
demands the immediate and unequivocal reversal of the Scottish Government's presumption against new oil and gas exploration and production, and calls on the UK Government to immediately abolish the Energy Profits Levy.
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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 | 117 | 28 | 89 | 3 | 9 | 90.70% | 23.93% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 58 | 1 | 57 | 2 | 3 | 92.06% | 1.72% |
| Opposition | 66 | 59 | 27 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 89.39% | 45.76% |
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 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 92.86% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 58 | 1 | 57 | 2 | 3 | 92.06% | 1.72% |
| Labour | 21 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 95.24% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 51.72% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Abstain | n/a |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.72% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 51.72% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |