Scottish Parliament – March 18, 2026 – 19
Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 42 MSPs
No: 71 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 | 42 | 71 | 16 | 87.60% | 37.17% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 113 | 42 | 71 | 16 | 87.60% | 37.17% |
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 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 95.24% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 20 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.00% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 89.29% | 96.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 4.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |