Scottish Parliament – Jan. 6, 2026 – 2
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee's 9th Report, 2025 (Session 6)
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 84 MSPs
No: 18 MSPs
Absent: 19 MSPs
Abstain: 8 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Cross party ayeThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where there is a cross party consensus in favour of a motion.
There may be scattered opposition (which is why a vote is being held at all), but it does not break down clearly along government/opposition lines.
Motion
Motion type: Other(?)
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.
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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 | 102 | 84 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 79.07% | 82.35% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 102 | 84 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 79.07% | 82.35% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 78.57% | 50.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 54 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 85.71% | 92.59% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 21 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 61.90% | 92.31% |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 7.41% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | No | 7.69% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 50.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Abstain | 57.69% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Abstain | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Abstain | 57.69% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 50.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 50.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 7.41% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 50.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 50.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 50.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Abstain | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 50.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Abstain | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 7.41% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Abstain | 57.69% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 50.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 7.41% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 57.41% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 50.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 50.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Abstain | 57.69% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 50.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |