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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 82.14% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 95.24% | 1.67% |
| Labour | 20 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 75.00% | 93.33% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Tom Arthur | 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 |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | 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% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Karen Adam | 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% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Stephen Kerr | 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% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jenny Gilruth | 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% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | 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% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| 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 |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.67% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 93.33% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |