Vote · 29 Jan 2026

Business Programme

Amendment Motion S6M-20611.1 Lodged by Ash Regan Ind

Defeated by 55

28 For 83 Against 1 Abstained 17 Did not vote

What this amendment would do

This vote was on an independent amendment (S6M-20611.1) to the SNP’s motion (S6M-20611). It was defeated, so it did not change the motion.

The amendment as lodged

leave out from "followed by Stage 1 Debate: Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill" to "5.55 pm Decision Time" and insert—"followed by Stage 1 Debate: Desecration of War Memorials (Scotland) Billfollowed by Stage 1 Debate: Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Billfollowed by Motion on Legislative Consent: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill – UK Legislation followed by Committee Announcements followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 6.30 pm Decision Time".

All amendments to S6M-20611

S6M-20611.1 Independent Ash Regan Defeated vote, 28–83

How the parties split

1 MSP voted against their party

Party	For	Against	Abst.	Absent	Majority
SNP	0	55	1	4	✗ Against split
Con	23	0	0	5	✓ For united
Lab	0	16	0	5	✗ Against united
Green	0	6	0	1	✗ Against united
LD	0	5	0	0	✗ Against united
Reform	1	0	0	0	✓ For
Ind	4	1	0	1	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

129 MSPs

For (28)

Con 23

Reform 1

Graham Simpson

Ind 4

Against (83)

SNP 55

Lab 16

Green 6

LD 5

Ind 1

John Mason

Abstained (1)

SNP 1

Michelle Thomson

Did not vote (17)

SNP 4

Con 5

Lab 5

Green 1

Ariane Burgess

Ind 1

Colin Smyth

NPA 1

Alison Johnstone

Against their party

1 MSP

SNP majority against

Michelle Thomson – Abstained

Context

Amends motion S6M-20611
The motion, its supporters and amendments
Watch on Scottish Parliament TV (that day's meetings)
All votes on 29 Jan 2026 (3)

Other votes that day (2)

Greyhound Racing (Offences) (Scotland) Bill S6M-20527
Carried 69–27
Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill S6M-20549
Carried 90–26

How this is worked out

Vote type, bill stage, free votes and key votes are worked out by this site from titles, dates and how each party split. They are not the Parliament’s own classification.

Kind and stage come from the motion title and reference (".1" references are amendments) and, for bills, the bill’s stage dates.
Bill links are shown only when the title matches a bill’s name and the vote falls within that bill’s passage.
Free vote means two or more parties each split by 15% or more, with ten or more MSPs off their party line. Parties rarely announce free votes in the data, so this is a likely sign, not a record.
Key vote means a bill’s Stage 1 or final vote, a budget vote, a likely free vote, or a result decided by three votes or fewer.
Against party line counts MSPs whose vote differed from the majority of their own party (independents excluded).