Scottish Parliament – May 28, 2026 – 4
It’s Scotland’s Energy (Amendment 4)
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 28 MSPs
No: 95 MSPs
Absent: 6 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Strong conflict: Gov proposesThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is proposing a motion and the opposition is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, that even if the government is likely to win, is a significant public signal of opposition.
Motion
Motion type: Amendment(?)
S7M-00159.4: As an amendment to motion S7M-00159 in the name of Stephen Gethins (It’s Scotland’s Energy), leave out from “believes” to end and insert "condemns the UK Labour Administration's ban on new oil and gas licences;
believes that Aberdeen, the North East and Scotland is suffering due to this and other non-strategic, unevidenced, ideological policies from both the UK and Scottish governments, and calls in particular on the Scottish Government to reverse its long-held, dogmatic and illogical presumption against new oil and gas licences and make clear that oil and gas must be part of a balanced energy mix going forward."
Original motion(S7M-00159): That the Parliament believes that Scotland’s energy should be in Scotland’s hands, and calls for all energy powers to be immediately devolved to the Scottish Parliament.
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Whip reports
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Overall counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 123 | 28 | 95 | 6 | 95.35% | 22.76% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 123 | 28 | 95 | 6 | 95.35% | 22.76% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 91.67% | 100.00% |
| Green | 15 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 93.33% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 17 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 94.12% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 58 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 96.55% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 17 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 94.12% | 6.25% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lord Offord | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| David Kirkwood | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Morven-May MacCallum | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Holly Bruce | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 93.75% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Andrew Baxter | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Lloyd Melville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Flynn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Amanda Lindsay | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | No | 93.75% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Calum Kerr | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Cara McKee | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Senga Beresford | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Helen McDade | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Simita Kumar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Katherine Sangster | Labour | No | 93.75% |
| Victor Currie | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Thewliss | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Yi-pei Chou Turvey | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| David Linden | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Laura Moodie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Thomas Kerr | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Julie MacDougall | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Campbell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Duncan Dunlop | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Max Bannerman | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Duncan Massey | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colm Merrick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Kerr | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Donald MacKinnon | Labour | No | 93.75% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline Stafford | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alan Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jack Middleton | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 93.75% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Amanda Bland | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Presiding Officer | Absent | n/a |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Laura Mitchell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | No | 93.75% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Heather Anderson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kristopher Leask | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Katie Hagmann | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Patricia Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Q Manivannan | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 93.75% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Martyn Day | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 93.75% |
| Kirsten Oswald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sanne Dijkstra-Downie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Campbell | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 93.75% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Absent | n/a |
| David Smith | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Iris Duane | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Nevens | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Joe Fagan | Labour | No | 93.75% |
| David Green | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Irshad Ahmed | Labour | No | 93.75% |
| Jenny Young | Labour | No | 93.75% |
| Jamie Langan | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 93.75% |
| Gary Bouse | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Adam Harley | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kim Schmulian | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe Long | Labour | No | 93.75% |
| Alyn Smith | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Gethins | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Ross | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Hannah Goodlad | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Steven Bonnar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Dawn Black | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Zen Ghani | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 6.25% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Barratt | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | No | 93.75% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |