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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 3 | 95.24% | 98.33% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 21 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 80.95% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 92.86% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | 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% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| 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% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Roz McCall | 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% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 1.67% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | 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% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Independent | Aye | 98.33% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | 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% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | 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% |
| Ivan McKee | 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% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| 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% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| John Mason | Independent | Aye | 98.33% |
| Alison Johnstone | Presiding Officer | Absent | n/a |