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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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% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 51.72% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Abstain | n/a |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.72% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| 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% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 51.72% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| 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% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.28% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Absent | n/a |