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% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Labour | 20 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 75.00% | 73.33% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 73.33% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 26.67% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | No | 4.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 73.33% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 73.33% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| 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% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 73.33% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 73.33% |
| 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% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | No | 26.67% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| 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% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 73.33% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 73.33% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 73.33% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 96.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 73.33% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |