Scottish Parliament – Jan. 27, 2026 – 57
Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 105 MSPs
No: 1 MSP
Absent: 22 MSPs
Abstain: 1 MSP
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.
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Whip reports
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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 | 106 | 105 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 82.17% | 99.06% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 106 | 105 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 82.17% | 99.06% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 87.30% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 21 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 61.90% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 85.71% | 95.83% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | 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% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 4.17% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 95.83% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |