Scottish Parliament – March 18, 2026 – 21
Amendment 200: Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 97 MSPs
No: 16 MSPs
Absent: 16 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill
Strong conflict: Opposition proposesThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the opposition has proposed a motion and the government is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, or that it would have substantive effects if passed.
Motion
Motion type: Amendment(?)
The question is, that amendment 200 be agreed to. Are we agreed?
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 | 97 | 16 | 16 | 87.60% | 85.84% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 113 | 97 | 16 | 16 | 87.60% | 85.84% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 3 | 95.24% | 98.33% |
| Labour | 20 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 75.00% | 20.00% |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.00% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 28 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 85.71% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 80.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 80.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | No | 80.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 80.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 80.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 20.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 80.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 80.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Presiding Officer | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 80.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 80.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 20.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Independent | No | 1.67% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 80.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 80.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 80.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | No | n/a |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| John Mason | Independent | Aye | 98.33% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 98.33% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 20.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | No | n/a |