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% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 95.24% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 21 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 85.71% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | 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% |
| Collette Stevenson | 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 |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | 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% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | 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% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | 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% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | 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% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | 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% |
| 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% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |