Votes
How the parties vote
How often each party votes as one, how often it ends up on the winning side, and which parties vote together. Session 7 (2026–now).
Votes counted
196
Free votes left out
0
Average cohesion
99.6%
Party discipline
Largest party first. The tick on each bar is the average of the parties.-
Cohesion99.9%11 votes off the party lineVoted as one97.4%split in 5 of 196On the winning side94.9%186 of 196
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Cohesion99.5%16 votes off the party lineVoted as one92.9%split in 14 of 196On the winning side56.1%110 of 196
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Cohesion98.9%34 votes off the party lineVoted as one89.5%split in 20 of 191On the winning side24.6%47 of 191
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Cohesion99.9%4 votes off the party lineVoted as one98%split in 4 of 196On the winning side77.6%152 of 196
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Cohesion99.8%4 votes off the party lineVoted as one98%split in 4 of 196On the winning side32.7%64 of 196
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Cohesion99.6%7 votes off the party lineVoted as one97.4%split in 5 of 196On the winning side63.3%124 of 196
Which parties vote together
% of votes in which both parties’ majorities voted the same way| SNP | Lab | Reform | Green | Con | LD | |
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| SNP | · | 53 | 19 | 74 | 28 | 59 |
| Lab | 53 | · | 34 | 46 | 35 | 65 |
| Reform | 19 | 34 | · | 18 | 76 | 36 |
| Green | 74 | 46 | 18 | · | 24 | 52 |
| Con | 28 | 35 | 76 | 24 | · | 38 |
| LD | 59 | 65 | 36 | 52 | 38 | · |
rarely half the time almost always. Hover a square for the counts. Each number is the share of the votes both parties took part in where their majorities voted the same way.
Most split votes
For each party, the votes where most of its MSPs broke from the party majoritySNP Scottish National Party
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29 Oct 20267 of 53 off the line
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12 Nov 20261 of 51 off the line
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17 Sep 20261 of 51 off the line
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3 Sep 20261 of 55 off the line
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21 May 20261 of 56 off the line
Lab Scottish Labour
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8 Oct 20262 of 11 off the line
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29 Oct 20262 of 14 off the line
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3 Nov 20261 of 14 off the line
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2 Sep 20261 of 15 off the line
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4 Jun 20261 of 15 off the line
Reform Reform UK
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30 Sep 20265 of 17 off the line
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2 Sep 20264 of 17 off the line
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17 Sep 20263 of 16 off the line
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10 Jun 20263 of 16 off the line
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8 Oct 20262 of 14 off the line
Green Scottish Green Party
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29 Oct 20261 of 14 off the line
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7 Oct 20261 of 14 off the line
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10 Jun 20261 of 15 off the line
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4 Jun 20261 of 15 off the line
Con Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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24 Sep 20261 of 10 off the line
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2 Sep 20261 of 10 off the line
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28 May 20261 of 11 off the line
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21 May 20261 of 11 off the line
LD Scottish Liberal Democrats
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3 Jun 20263 of 9 off the line
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5 Nov 20261 of 9 off the line
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8 Oct 20261 of 9 off the line
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25 Jun 20261 of 9 off the line
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3 Jun 20261 of 10 off the line
What the numbers mean
- Cohesion
- Of all the votes a party’s MSPs cast, the share that matched the way most of the party voted in that division.
- Voted as one
- The share of divisions in which every MSP of the party who voted, voted the same way.
- Winning side
- The share of divisions in which most of the party voted for a motion that was carried, or against one that was defeated. Abstaining as a party never counts as winning.
- Votes together
- For two parties, the share of divisions both took part in where their majorities cast the same vote (for, against or abstain).
- What is counted
- Recorded divisions from June 2011, when the open data starts. MSPs who did not vote are left out. Party is the MSP’s party on the day of the vote. Independents and the Presiding Officer have no party line and are not shown. Free votes (two or more parties each split by 15% or more, with ten or more MSPs off their party line) are left out, because there was no line to keep.
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. “Bill stages only” keeps votes on a bill’s stages, financial resolutions and timetables, not amendments.
See also which MSPs vote against their party.