Scottish Parliament – March 18, 2026 – 18
Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 96 MSPs
No: 18 MSPs
Absent: 15 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill
Strong conflict: Opposition proposesThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the opposition has proposed a motion and the government is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, or that it would have substantive effects if passed.
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 | 114 | 96 | 18 | 15 | 88.37% | 84.21% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 114 | 96 | 18 | 15 | 88.37% | 84.21% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 89.29% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 3 | 95.24% | 98.33% |
| Labour | 20 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 75.00% | 6.67% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 1.67% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 6.67% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | No | n/a |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 93.33% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | No | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |