Find out how your MSPs voted at Stage 1 of the smacking ban Bill

On Tuesday 28th May MSPs voted for the first time on John Finnie’s Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill. MSPs backed the Bill by 80 votes to 29, with two SNP members abstaining. This was Stage 1 of the Bill and there will be other votes in the coming months.

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(If any of your MSPs are not listed on this page it’s because they were not present for the vote.)

❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL

Adam, George (Paisley) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Adamson, Clare (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Allan, Alasdair (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Arthur, Tom (Renfrewshire South) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Baker, Claire (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Beamish, Claudia (South Scotland) (Lab) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Beattie, Colin (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Brown, Keith (Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Coffey, Willie (Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Cole-Hamilton, Alex (Edinburgh Western) (LD) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Constance, Angela (Almond Valley) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Crawford, Bruce (Stirling) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Cunningham, Roseanna (Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Denham, Ash (Edinburgh Eastern) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Doris, Bob (Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Dornan, James (Glasgow Cathcart) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Ewing, Annabelle (Cowdenbeath) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Ewing, Fergus (Inverness and Nairn) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Fabiani, Linda (East Kilbride) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Fee, Mary (West Scotland) (Lab) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Finnie, John (Highlands and Islands) (Green) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
FitzPatrick, Joe (Dundee City West) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Forbes, Kate (Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Freeman, Jeane (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Gilruth, Jenny (Mid Fife and Glenrothes) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Gougeon, Mairi (Angus North and Mearns) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Grant, Rhoda (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Gray, Iain (East Lothian) (Lab) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Greer, Ross (West Scotland) (Green) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Griffin, Mark (Central Scotland) (Lab) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Harper, Emma (South Scotland) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Harvie, Patrick (Glasgow) (Green) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Haughey, Clare (Rutherglen) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Hepburn, Jamie (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Hyslop, Fiona (Linlithgow) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Johnson, Daniel (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Johnstone, Alison (Lothian) (Green) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Kelly, James (Glasgow) (Lab) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Kidd, Bill (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Lennon, Monica (Central Scotland) (Lab) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Leonard, Richard (Central Scotland) (Lab) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Lochhead, Richard (Moray) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
MacDonald, Angus (Falkirk East) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
MacDonald, Gordon (Edinburgh Pentlands) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Macdonald, Lewis (North East Scotland) (Lab) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
MacGregor, Fulton (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Mackay, Derek (Renfrewshire North and West) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Mackay, Rona (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Maguire, Ruth (Cunninghame South) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Martin, Gillian (Aberdeenshire East) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Mason, John (Glasgow Shettleston) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Matheson, Michael (Falkirk West) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
McAlpine, Joan (South Scotland) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
McArthur, Liam (Orkney Islands) (LD) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
McDonald, Mark (Aberdeen Donside) (Ind) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
McKee, Ivan (Glasgow Provan) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
McKelvie, Christina (Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
McMillan, Stuart (Greenock and Inverclyde) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Neil, Alex (Airdrie and Shotts) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Paterson, Gil (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Rennie, Willie (North East Fife) (LD) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Robison, Shona (Dundee City East) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Ross, Gail (Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Rowley, Alex (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Rumbles, Mike (North East Scotland) (LD) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Ruskell, Mark (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Russell, Michael (Argyll and Bute) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Sarwar, Anas (Glasgow) (Lab) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Smith, Elaine (Central Scotland) (Lab) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Smyth, Colin (South Scotland) (Lab) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Somerville, Shirley-Anne (Dunfermline) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Stevenson, Stewart (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Stewart, Kevin (Aberdeen Central) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Swinney, John (Perthshire North) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Todd, Maree (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Torrance, David (Kirkcaldy) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Watt, Maureen (Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
White, Sandra (Glasgow Kelvin) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Wightman, Andy (Lothian) (Green) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL
Yousaf, Humza (Glasgow Pollok) (SNP) ❌ VOTED FOR THE BILL

✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL

Balfour, Jeremy (Lothian) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Ballantyne, Michelle (South Scotland) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Bowman, Bill (North East Scotland) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Briggs, Miles (Lothian) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Burnett, Alexander (Aberdeenshire West) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Cameron, Donald (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Carlaw, Jackson (Eastwood) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Chapman, Peter (North East Scotland) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Corry, Maurice (West Scotland) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Fraser, Murdo (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Golden, Maurice (West Scotland) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Greene, Jamie (West Scotland) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Halcro Johnston, Jamie (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Hamilton, Rachael (Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Harris, Alison (Central Scotland) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Kerr, Liam (North East Scotland) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Lindhurst, Gordon (Lothian) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Lockhart, Dean (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Mason, Tom (North East Scotland) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Mitchell, Margaret (Central Scotland) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Mountain, Edward (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Mundell, Oliver (Dumfriesshire) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Scott, John (Ayr) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Simpson, Graham (Central Scotland) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Smith, Liz (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Stewart, Alexander (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Tomkins, Adam (Glasgow) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Wells, Annie (Glasgow) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL
Whittle, Brian (South Scotland) (Con) ✅ VOTED AGAINST THE BILL

❍ ABSTAINED

Grahame, Christine (Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) (SNP) ❍ ABSTAINED
Lyle, Richard (Uddingston and Bellshill) (SNP) ❍ ABSTAINED

Watch the debate on scottishparliament.tv or read the Official Report.