Holyrood division · 24 Jun 2026, 14:00 · S7M-00446.2

Scotland Needs Reform: Five Years to 2031

Carried

Majority 50

For: 75 Against: 25 Abstain: 17

Turnout: 117 of 129 MSPs voted (91%) · 12 did not vote.

At a glance The motion was carried by a margin of 50 votes, with 17 MSPs abstaining. No MSPs voted against their party line.

How the parties voted

PartyPositionForAgainstAbstainRebels
Scottish National Party For majority 52 0 0 0
Scottish Labour Split 0 0 16
Reform UK Against majority 0 16 0 0
Scottish Green Party For majority 15 0 0 0
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Against majority 0 9 0 0
Scottish Liberal Democrats For majority 8 0 0 0

The party positions and rebel counts are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

Every vote

For (75)

Against (25)

  • Max BannermanReform UK · Highlands and Islands (region)
  • Amanda BlandReform UK · Central Scot and Lothians West (region)
  • Victor CurrieReform UK · Highlands and Islands (region)
  • Thomas KerrReform UK · Glasgow (region)
  • David KirkwoodReform UK · South Scotland (region)
  • Jamie LanganReform UK · South Scotland (region)
  • Amanda LindsayReform UK · Central Scot and Lothians West (region)
  • Julie MacDougallReform UK · Mid Scotland and Fife (region)
  • Duncan MasseyReform UK · North East Scotland (region)
  • Helen McDadeReform UK · Mid Scotland and Fife (region)
  • Malcolm OffordReform UK · West Scotland (region)
  • Angela RossReform UK · Edinburgh and Lothians East (region)
  • Kim SchmulianReform UK · Glasgow (region)
  • Graham SimpsonReform UK · Central Scot and Lothians West (region)
  • Mark SimpsonReform UK · North East Scotland (region)
  • David SmithReform UK · West Scotland (region)
  • Miles BriggsScottish Conservative and Unionist Party · Edinburgh and Lothians East (region)
  • Finlay CarsonScottish Conservative and Unionist Party · Galloway and West Dumfries
  • Tim EagleScottish Conservative and Unionist Party · Highlands and Islands (region)
  • Murdo FraserScottish Conservative and Unionist Party · Mid Scotland and Fife (region)
  • Meghan GallacherScottish Conservative and Unionist Party · Central Scot and Lothians West (region)
  • Rachael HamiltonScottish Conservative and Unionist Party · Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
  • Craig HoyScottish Conservative and Unionist Party · Dumfriesshire
  • Liam KerrScottish Conservative and Unionist Party · North East Scotland (region)
  • Stephen KerrScottish Conservative and Unionist Party · Mid Scotland and Fife (region)

Abstain (17)

Did not vote (12)

  • Kenneth GibsonNo Party Affiliation · Cunninghame North
  • Senga BeresfordReform UK · South Scotland (region)
  • James AdamsScottish Conservative and Unionist Party · North East Scotland (region)
  • Alexander BurnettScottish Conservative and Unionist Party · Aberdeenshire West
  • Russell FindlayScottish Conservative and Unionist Party · West Scotland (region)
  • Andrew BaxterScottish Liberal Democrats · Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
  • Duncan DunlopScottish Liberal Democrats · South Scotland (region)
  • Stephen FlynnScottish National Party · Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine
  • Jenny GilruthScottish National Party · Mid Fife and Glenrothes
  • Emma RoddickScottish National Party · Inverness and Nairn
  • Maree ToddScottish National Party · Highlands and Islands (region)
  • David TorranceScottish National Party · Kirkcaldy

Source: the Scottish Parliament vote record.