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% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 89.29% | 96.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | 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% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 4.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | 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% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |