Scottish Parliament – March 18, 2026 – 23
Amendment 88: Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 99 MSPs
No: 17 MSPs
Absent: 13 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 88 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 | 116 | 99 | 17 | 13 | 89.92% | 85.34% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 116 | 99 | 17 | 13 | 89.92% | 85.34% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 20 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 80.00% | 18.75% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 58 | 2 | 3 | 95.24% | 96.67% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Independent | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 75.00% | 33.33% |
| Conservative | 28 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 89.29% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 18.75% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 81.25% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Presiding Officer | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 81.25% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 81.25% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 81.25% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Independent | Aye | 96.67% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 81.25% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 81.25% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | No | n/a |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 81.25% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 81.25% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 81.25% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Independent | No | n/a |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 81.25% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Independent | No | 3.33% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 18.75% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 18.75% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 81.25% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | No | 81.25% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 81.25% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 3.33% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 96.67% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |