Scottish Parliament – March 18, 2026 – 11
Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 41 MSPs
No: 66 MSPs
Absent: 22 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill
Multi-party against: Government No, Opposition dividedThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is voting against a motion, and opposition MPs/parties are divided in their support.
This can reflect an amendment or motion bought by one opposition party, which other opposition parties are not supportive of.
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 | 41 | 66 | 22 | 82.95% | 38.32% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 107 | 41 | 66 | 22 | 82.95% | 38.32% |
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% |
| Conservative | 28 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 82.14% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 20 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 70.00% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 57 | 1 | 56 | 6 | 90.48% | 1.75% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.75% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |