Scottish Parliament – Jan. 27, 2026 – 28
Amendment 11: Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 103 MSPs
No: 7 MSPs
Absent: 19 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Natural Environment (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 11 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 | 110 | 103 | 7 | 19 | 85.27% | 93.64% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 110 | 103 | 7 | 19 | 85.27% | 93.64% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 21 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 76.19% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 6 | 90.48% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 85.71% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | 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% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |