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Chamber and committees

Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill

  • Submitted by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 29 January 2026
  • Motion type: Motion For Debate
  • Motion reference: S6M-20627
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 03 February 2026

That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill.


Vote

Result 54 for, 64 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote Disagreed

Scottish National Party

For
  • Stephanie Callaghan
  • Annabelle Ewing
  • Kenneth Gibson
  • Ruth Maguire
  • Michelle Thomson
  • Elena Whitham
Against
  • George Adam
  • Karen Adam
  • Clare Adamson
  • Alasdair Allan
  • Tom Arthur
  • Colin Beattie
  • Keith Brown
  • Siobhian Brown
  • Willie Coffey
  • Angela Constance
  • Graeme Dey
  • Natalie Don-Innes
  • Bob Doris
  • James Dornan
  • Jackie Dunbar
  • Jim Fairlie
  • Joe FitzPatrick
  • Jenny Gilruth
  • Mairi Gougeon
  • Christine Grahame
  • Neil Gray
  • Emma Harper
  • Clare Haughey
  • Jamie Hepburn
  • Fiona Hyslop
  • Bill Kidd
  • Richard Lochhead
  • Gordon MacDonald
  • Fulton MacGregor
  • Rona Mackay
  • Ben Macpherson
  • Gillian Martin
  • Michael Matheson
  • Màiri McAllan
  • Ivan McKee
  • Paul McLennan
  • Stuart McMillan
  • Marie McNair
  • Jenni Minto
  • Audrey Nicoll
  • Angus Robertson
  • Shona Robison
  • Emma Roddick
  • Shirley-Anne Somerville
  • Collette Stevenson
  • Kaukab Stewart
  • Kevin Stewart
  • Nicola Sturgeon
  • John Swinney
  • Maree Todd
  • David Torrance
  • Evelyn Tweed
  • Humza Yousaf
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Kate Forbes

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
  • Miles Briggs
  • Jackson Carlaw
  • Finlay Carson
  • Sharon Dowey
  • Tim Eagle
  • Russell Findlay
  • Murdo Fraser
  • Meghan Gallacher
  • Maurice Golden
  • Dr Pam Gosal MBE
  • Dr Sandesh Gulhane
  • Jamie Halcro Johnston
  • Rachael Hamilton
  • Craig Hoy
  • Liam Kerr
  • Stephen Kerr
  • Douglas Lumsden
  • Roz McCall
  • Oliver Mundell
  • Douglas Ross
  • Liz Smith
  • Alexander Stewart
  • Sue Webber
  • Tess White
  • Brian Whittle
Against
  • Edward Mountain
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Alexander Burnett
  • Annie Wells

Scottish Labour

For
  • Claire Baker
  • Neil Bibby
  • Sarah Boyack
  • Katy Clark
  • Rhoda Grant
  • Mark Griffin
  • Daniel Johnson
  • Monica Lennon
  • Richard Leonard
  • Michael Marra
  • Pauline McNeill
  • Carol Mochan
  • Paul O'Kane
  • Alex Rowley
  • Davy Russell
  • Anas Sarwar
  • Martin Whitfield
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Jackie Baillie
  • Pam Duncan-Glancy
  • Paul Sweeney
  • Mercedes Villalba

Scottish Green Party

For
0
Against
  • Ariane Burgess
  • Maggie Chapman
  • Ross Greer
  • Patrick Harvie
  • Gillian Mackay
  • Mark Ruskell
  • Lorna Slater
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Independent

For
  • Jeremy Balfour
  • Foysol Choudhury
  • Fergus Ewing
  • John Mason
  • Ash Regan
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Colin Smyth

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For
0
Against
  • Alex Cole-Hamilton
  • Liam McArthur
  • Willie Rennie
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Jamie Greene
  • Beatrice Wishart

Reform UK

For
  • Graham Simpson
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

No Party Affiliation

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Alison Johnstone