Scottish Parliament – March 18, 2026 – 2
Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 43 MSPs
No: 70 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 | 43 | 70 | 16 | 87.60% | 38.05% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 113 | 43 | 70 | 16 | 87.60% | 38.05% |
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 | 61 | 1 | 60 | 2 | 96.83% | 1.64% |
| Labour | 20 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 78.57% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.64% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.36% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |