Scottish Parliament – Jan. 28, 2026 – 16
Amendment 165: Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 99 MSPs
No: 8 MSPs
Absent: 22 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 165 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 | 107 | 99 | 8 | 22 | 82.95% | 92.52% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 107 | 99 | 8 | 22 | 82.95% | 92.52% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 5 | 92.06% | 98.28% |
| Labour | 21 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 66.67% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 82.14% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alison Johnstone | Presiding Officer | Absent | n/a |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 1.72% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| John Mason | Independent | Aye | 98.28% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Fergus Ewing | Independent | Aye | 98.28% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |