Parliament Workbench
Data: Votes to 12 Nov 2026

Vote · 5 Nov 2026

Strengthening Scotland’s Bus Network

Amendment Motion S7M-01881.1 Lodged by Graham Simpson Reform
Defeated by 60
29 For 89 Against 0 Abstained 12 Did not vote*

* The published record for this division lists only MSPs who voted. Non-voters are inferred from who held a seat that day; the Presiding Officer normally does not vote.

As an amendment to motion S7M-01881 in the name of Stephen Flynn (Strengthening Scotland’s Bus Network), leave out from first “welcomes” to end and insert “calls on the Scottish Government to introduce legislation that will speed up the process of franchising where it is wanted as well as assisting regional transport partnerships that want to introduce franchising; further calls on the Scottish Go…
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As an amendment to motion S7M-01881 in the name of Stephen Flynn (Strengthening Scotland’s Bus Network), leave out from first “welcomes” to end and insert “calls on the Scottish Government to introduce legislation that will speed up the process of franchising where it is wanted as well as assisting regional transport partnerships that want to introduce franchising; further calls on the Scottish Government to introduce a trial multi-modal smart ticketing scheme in order that it can be rolled out nationally by 2031, and urges the Scottish Government to set out how it sees bus service improvement partnerships progressing.”

How the parties split

Every party voted as a bloc
PartySplitForAgainstAbst.AbsentMajority
SNP 0 54 0 3 ✗ Against united
Lab 15 0 0 2 ✓ For united
Reform 14 0 0 2 ✓ For united
Green 0 15 0 0 ✗ Against united
Con 0 10 0 3 ✗ Against united
LD 0 9 0 1 ✗ Against united
Ind 0 1 0 0 n/a
NPA 0 0 0 1 n/a

Party is the MSP's party on the day of the vote. Majority is how most of the party's voting MSPs voted.

Every MSP

130 MSPs

For (29)
Lab 15
Reform 14

Against (89)
SNP 54
Green 15
Con 10
LD 9
Ind 1

Did not vote (12)
SNP 3
Lab 2
Reform 2
Con 3
LD 1
NPA 1