Scottish Parliament – March 18, 2026 – 14
Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 39 MSPs
No: 71 MSPs
Absent: 19 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 | 110 | 39 | 71 | 19 | 85.27% | 35.45% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 110 | 39 | 71 | 19 | 85.27% | 35.45% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 93.65% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 20 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 75.00% | 66.67% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 28 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 78.57% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |