Scottish Parliament – Jan. 15, 2026 – 3

Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill - UK Legislation

Result

✅ Motion passed.

Aye: 82 MSPs

No: 1 MSP

Absent: 18 MSPs

Abstain: 28 MSPs

Parliamentary analysis

Part of tag: Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill (2026)

Cross party aye

This 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: Proposed Clause(?)

S6M-20419: That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions of the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 10 September 2025, and subsequently amended, relating to clauses 2 to 20, 22, 26, the schedule, a new clause after clause 9 (Power to make regulations: Scotland and Northern Ireland), a new clause after clause 9 (Procedure for regulations under section (Power to make regulations: Scotland and Northern Ireland)), a new clause after clause 9 (Consultation: Scotland and Northern Ireland), a new clause after clause 12 (Power to make regulations: Scotland and Northern Ireland (No. 2)), a new clause after clause 12 (Procedure for regulations under section (Power to make regulations: Scotland and Northern Ireland (No. 2))), and a new clause after clause 12 (Consultation: Scotland and Northern Ireland (No. 2)), so far as these matters fall within legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament and alter the executive competence of the Scottish Ministers, should be considered by the UK Parliament.

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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 83 82 1 28 18 64.34% 98.80%

Government counts

Grouping MSPs on date Vote participant count For motion Against motion Neutral motion Absent motion Turnout For motion percentage
Opposition 129 83 82 1 28 18 64.34% 98.80%

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 0 0 0 21 7 0.00% n/a
Green 8 0 0 0 7 1 0.00% n/a
Scottish National Party 63 60 59 1 0 3 95.24% 98.33%
Labour 21 18 18 0 0 3 85.71% 100.00%
Liberal Democrat 5 3 3 0 0 2 60.00% 100.00%
Independent 3 2 2 0 0 1 66.67% 100.00%
Reform UK 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% n/a

Voting list

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Person Party Vote Party alignment
Fiona Hyslop Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Liam Kerr Conservative Abstain n/a
Kenneth Gibson Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Stephen Kerr Conservative Abstain n/a
Jamie Hepburn Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Evelyn Tweed Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Ben Macpherson Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Keith Brown Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Emma Roddick Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Kaukab Stewart Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Lorna Slater Green Abstain n/a
Rhoda Grant Labour Aye 100.00%
Ash Denham Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Paul McLennan Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Ross Greer Green Abstain n/a
Sarah Boyack Labour Aye 100.00%
Paul Sweeney Labour Aye 100.00%
Angus Robertson Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Carol Mochan Labour Aye 100.00%
Davy Russell Labour Aye 100.00%
Sue Webber Conservative Abstain n/a
Natalie Don Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Mercedes Villalba Labour Aye 100.00%
Jim Fairlie Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Audrey Nicoll Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Pam Gosal Conservative Abstain n/a
Alasdair Allan Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Nicola Sturgeon Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Jenni Minto Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Siobhian Brown Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Bill Kidd Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Elena Whitham Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Annie Wells Conservative Abstain n/a
Clare Haughey Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Foysol Choudhury Independent Aye n/a
Willie Rennie Liberal Democrat Absent n/a
Alexander Burnett Conservative Absent n/a
Annabelle Ewing Scottish National Party Absent n/a
Finlay Carson Conservative Absent n/a
Alison Johnstone Green Absent n/a
Paul O'Kane Labour Absent n/a
Alex Cole-Hamilton Liberal Democrat Absent n/a
Murdo Fraser Conservative Absent n/a
Sharon Dowey Conservative Abstain n/a
Christine Grahame Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Graham Simpson Reform UK Absent n/a
Colin Beattie Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Bob Doris Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Brian Whittle Conservative Abstain n/a
Joe FitzPatrick Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Stephanie Callaghan Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Monica Lennon Labour Aye 100.00%
Emma Harper Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Gillian Mackay Green Abstain n/a
Ariane Burgess Green Abstain n/a
Pam Duncan-Glancy Labour Aye 100.00%
Miles Briggs Conservative Abstain n/a
Maree Todd Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Jackson Carlaw Conservative Abstain n/a
Alex Rowley Labour Aye 100.00%
Mark Ruskell Green Abstain n/a
Pauline McNeill Labour Aye 100.00%
Edward Mountain Conservative Abstain n/a
George Adam Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Shirley-Anne Somerville Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Ivan McKee Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Neil Bibby Labour Aye 100.00%
Marie McNair Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Russell Findlay Conservative Absent n/a
Jackie Baillie Labour Absent n/a
Colin Smyth Independent Absent n/a
Jamie Greene Liberal Democrat Aye 100.00%
Roz McCall Conservative Abstain n/a
Richard Leonard Labour Aye 100.00%
Oliver Mundell Conservative Abstain n/a
Douglas Ross Conservative Abstain n/a
Humza Yousaf Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Douglas Lumsden Conservative Abstain n/a
Meghan Gallacher Conservative Abstain n/a
Fergus Ewing Scottish National Party No 1.67%
Daniel Johnson Labour Aye 100.00%
Gillian Martin Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Beatrice Wishart Liberal Democrat Aye 100.00%
James Dornan Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Karen Adam Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Maggie Chapman Green Abstain n/a
Tim Eagle Conservative Abstain n/a
Mairi Gougeon Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Martin Whitfield Labour Aye 100.00%
Richard Lochhead Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Shona Robison Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Craig Hoy Conservative Abstain n/a
Jenny Gilruth Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Michael Marra Labour Aye 100.00%
Kevin Stewart Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
David Torrance Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Baroness Clark Labour Aye 100.00%
Sandesh Gulhane Conservative Abstain n/a
Rachael Hamilton Conservative Abstain n/a
Maurice Golden Conservative Absent n/a
Elizabeth Smith Conservative Absent n/a
Ruth Maguire Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Graeme Dey Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Jackie Dunbar Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Neil Gray Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Màiri McAllan Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Michelle Thomson Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Jeremy Balfour Independent Aye n/a
Tom Arthur Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Claire Baker Labour Aye 100.00%
Willie Coffey Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
John Swinney Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Jamie Halcro Johnston Conservative Abstain n/a
Liam McArthur Liberal Democrat Aye 100.00%
Mark Griffin Labour Aye 100.00%
Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
John Mason Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Rona Mackay Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Patrick Harvie Green Abstain n/a
Gordon MacDonald Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Michael Matheson Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Clare Adamson Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Tess White Conservative Abstain n/a
Collette Stevenson Scottish National Party Aye 98.33%
Anas Sarwar Labour Absent n/a
Kate Forbes Scottish National Party Absent n/a
Angela Constance Scottish National Party Absent n/a
Alexander Stewart Conservative Absent n/a