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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 82.14% | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 1.72% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| 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% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Brian Whittle | 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% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | 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% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Keith Brown | 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% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.28% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |