Scottish Parliament – June 17, 2026 – 3
Decision Time
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 84 MSPs
No: 26 MSPs
Absent: 10 MSPs
Abstain: 9 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Cross party ayeThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where there is a cross party consensus in favour of a motion.
There may be scattered opposition (which is why a vote is being held at all), but it does not break down clearly along government/opposition lines.
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 | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 110 | 84 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 85.27% | 76.36% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 110 | 84 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 85.27% | 76.36% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 12 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 83.33% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 58 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 91.38% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Reform UK | 17 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 94.12% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 17 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 94.12% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kristopher Leask | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Ross | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Laura Mitchell | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Andrew Baxter | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Duncan Dunlop | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Joe Fagan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Kim Schmulian | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Max Bannerman | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Joe Long | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Langan | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Laura Moodie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Amanda Bland | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Kerr | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Q Manivannan | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Alison Thewliss | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Amanda Lindsay | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Hannah Goodlad | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Patricia Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alyn Smith | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Flynn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Morven-May MacCallum | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Holly Bruce | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Thomas Kerr | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Gary Bouse | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Adam Harley | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Victor Currie | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kirsten Oswald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Dawn Black | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Malcolm Offord | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Heather Anderson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Gethins | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Duncan Massey | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Young | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Pauline Stafford | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alan Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Barratt | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Irshad Ahmed | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Donald MacKinnon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Senga Beresford | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martyn Day | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Katherine Sangster | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colm Merrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Calum Kerr | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| David Green | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Steven Bonnar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Katie Hagmann | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lloyd Melville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Kirkwood | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Campbell | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Julie MacDougall | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Nevens | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Smith | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Iris Duane | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jack Middleton | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Zen Ghani | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sanne Dijkstra-Downie | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Helen McDade | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Cara McKee | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Yi-pei Chou Turvey | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Simita Kumar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Campbell | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Linden | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |