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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 82.14% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 57 | 1 | 56 | 6 | 90.48% | 1.75% |
| Labour | 20 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 70.00% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | 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 |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | 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 |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.75% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | 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 |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Absent | n/a |