Scottish Parliament – March 18, 2026 – 15
Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 41 MSPs
No: 72 MSPs
Absent: 16 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 | 113 | 41 | 72 | 16 | 87.60% | 36.28% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 113 | 41 | 72 | 16 | 87.60% | 36.28% |
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 | 60 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 95.24% | 1.67% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 20 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 75.00% | 93.33% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 6.67% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.67% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |