Scottish Parliament – March 18, 2026 – 20
Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 45 MSPs
No: 69 MSPs
Absent: 15 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 | 114 | 45 | 69 | 15 | 88.37% | 39.47% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 114 | 45 | 69 | 15 | 88.37% | 39.47% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 89.29% | 96.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 95.24% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 20 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 75.00% | 73.33% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 73.33% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 26.67% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 26.67% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 4.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 73.33% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 73.33% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 73.33% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 73.33% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 73.33% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | No | 26.67% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | No | 26.67% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 73.33% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 73.33% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 73.33% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 73.33% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 73.33% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |