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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 78.57% | 50.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 54 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 85.71% | 92.59% |
| Labour | 21 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 61.90% | 92.31% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Abstain | 57.69% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 50.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 7.41% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 50.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 50.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| 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% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 7.41% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Abstain | 57.69% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | No | 7.69% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 50.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 50.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 50.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Abstain | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Abstain | 57.69% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Abstain | 57.69% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 50.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| 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% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Abstain | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 50.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 50.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Emma Roddick | 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% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 7.41% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 50.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 92.31% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | 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% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 50.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 92.59% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | 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 |