Scottish Parliament – Jan. 6, 2026 – 1
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee's 9th Report, 2025 (Session 6) (Amendment 1)
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 19 MSPs
No: 88 MSPs
Absent: 16 MSPs
Abstain: 6 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Strong conflict: Gov proposesThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is proposing a motion and the opposition is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, that even if the government is likely to win, is a significant public signal of opposition.
Motion
Motion type: Amendment(?)
S6M-20269.1: As an amendment to motion S6M-20269 in the name of Martin Whitfield (Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee's 9th Report, 2025 (Session 6)), leave out from "to impose" to end and insert “that no further action should be taken.”
Original motion(S6M-20269): That the Parliament notes the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee’s 9th Report, 2025 (Session 6), Complaint against Ash Regan MSP (SP Paper 945), and agrees to impose the sanction recommended in the report that Ash Regan MSP be excluded from all meetings of the Parliament and its committees for two sitting days, with those sitting days being the next Wednesday and the next Thursday following the agreement of this motion.
Annotations
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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 | 107 | 19 | 88 | 6 | 16 | 82.95% | 17.76% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 107 | 19 | 88 | 6 | 16 | 82.95% | 17.76% |
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 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 82.14% | 47.83% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 57 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 6 | 90.48% | 7.02% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 21 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 66.67% | 14.29% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 85.71% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 52.17% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 85.71% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 47.83% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Abstain | 97.83% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 47.83% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 52.17% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 47.83% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 52.17% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 47.83% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 52.17% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 85.71% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 52.17% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 47.83% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 14.29% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 7.02% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Abstain | 97.83% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 14.29% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 85.71% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 85.71% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 52.17% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 85.71% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 52.17% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 52.17% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Abstain | 97.83% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 47.83% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 47.83% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 52.17% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 47.83% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Abstain | 64.29% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 52.17% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 7.02% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 85.71% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 85.71% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 7.02% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 7.02% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 47.83% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 47.83% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 52.17% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 85.71% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | No | 85.71% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 47.83% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Abstain | 64.29% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 85.71% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 92.98% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Abstain | 64.29% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 52.17% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 85.71% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |