Scottish Parliament – Jan. 27, 2026 – 58
Amendment 33: Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 100 MSPs
No: 8 MSPs
Absent: 21 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 33 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 | 108 | 100 | 8 | 21 | 83.72% | 92.59% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 108 | 100 | 8 | 21 | 83.72% | 92.59% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 85.71% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 57 | 56 | 1 | 6 | 90.48% | 98.25% |
| Labour | 21 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 61.90% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 1.75% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.25% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |