Scottish Parliament – Jan. 15, 2026 – 2
UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Bill
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 114 MSPs
Absent: 15 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Bill
Strong conflict: Opposition proposesThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the opposition has proposed a motion and the government is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, or that it would have substantive effects if passed.
Motion
Motion type: Other(?)
S6M-20390: That the Parliament agrees that the UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Bill be passed.
Annotations
No annotations for this decision.
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 | 114 | 114 | 0 | 15 | 88.37% | 100.00% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 114 | 114 | 0 | 15 | 88.37% | 100.00% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 82.14% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 21 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 85.71% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 95.24% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |