Scottish Parliament – Dec. 11, 2025 – 1
Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Resolution
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 79 MSPs
No: 27 MSPs
Absent: 23 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-20099: That the Parliament, for the purposes of any Act of the Scottish Parliament resulting from the Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill, agrees to any expenditure of a kind referred to in Rule 9.12.3A of the Parliament’s Standing Orders arising in consequence of the Act.
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 | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 106 | 79 | 27 | 23 | 82.17% | 74.53% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 52 | 25 | 27 | 14 | 78.79% | 48.08% |
| Government | 63 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 9 | 85.71% | 100.00% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 9 | 85.71% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 21 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 76.19% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 66.67% | 50.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 92.86% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | 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% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |