Parliament Workbench
Data: Votes to 12 Nov 2026

Vote · 4 Nov 2026

Face Coverings in Public Places

Amendment Motion S7M-01844.2 Lodged by Kirsten Oswald SNP
Carried by 59
83 For 24 Against 8 Abstained 15 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-01844 in the name of Helen McDade (Face Coverings in Public Places), leave out from first “notes” to end and insert “acknowledges that it is not for Parliament to legislate for what women choose to wear, and agrees that parliamentarians should lead by example in rejecting the language and actions of those who seek to divide Scotland's communities in person and online.”

How the parties split

Every party voted as a bloc
PartySplitForAgainstAbst.AbsentMajority
SNP 51 0 0 6 ✓ For united
Lab 17 0 0 0 ✓ For united
Reform 0 15 0 1 ✗ Against united
Green 15 0 0 0 ✓ For united
Con 0 8 0 5 ✗ Against united
LD 0 0 8 2 – Abstained 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 (83)
SNP 51
Lab 17
Green 15

Against (24)
Reform 15
Con 8
Ind 1

Abstained (8)
LD 8

Did not vote (15)
SNP 6
Reform 1
Con 5
LD 2
NPA 1