Scottish Parliament – Jan. 20, 2026 – 22
Amendment 97: Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 108 MSPs
No: 8 MSPs
Absent: 13 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (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: Amendment(?)
The question is, that amendment 97 be agreed to. Are we agreed?
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 | 116 | 108 | 8 | 13 | 89.92% | 93.10% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 116 | 108 | 8 | 13 | 89.92% | 93.10% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 92.86% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 3 | 95.24% | 98.33% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 21 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 80.95% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 1.67% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |