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Fair Funding for Local Government

  • Submitted by: Annie Wells, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 February 2021
  • Motion type: Motion For Debate
  • Motion reference: S5M-24206
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 24 February 2021

That the Parliament believes that local government should have its own fiscal framework that will automatically entitle it to a fixed proportion of the Scottish Budget each year, thereby enshrining fair funding in law.  



Vote

Result 28 for, 88 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote Disagreed

Scottish National Party

For
0
Against
  • George Adam
  • Clare Adamson
  • Alasdair Allan
  • Tom Arthur
  • Colin Beattie
  • Keith Brown
  • Aileen Campbell
  • Willie Coffey
  • Angela Constance
  • Bruce Crawford
  • Roseanna Cunningham
  • Graeme Dey
  • Bob Doris
  • James Dornan
  • Annabelle Ewing
  • Fergus Ewing
  • Linda Fabiani
  • Joe FitzPatrick
  • Kate Forbes
  • Jeane Freeman
  • Kenneth Gibson
  • Jenny Gilruth
  • Mairi Gougeon
  • Christine Grahame
  • Emma Harper
  • Clare Haughey
  • Jamie Hepburn
  • Fiona Hyslop
  • Bill Kidd
  • Richard Lochhead
  • Richard Lyle
  • Angus MacDonald
  • Gordon MacDonald
  • Fulton MacGregor
  • Rona Mackay
  • Ben Macpherson
  • Ruth Maguire
  • Gillian Martin
  • John Mason
  • Michael Matheson
  • Joan McAlpine
  • Ivan McKee
  • Stuart McMillan
  • Alex Neil
  • Gil Paterson
  • Ash Regan
  • Shona Robison
  • Gail Ross
  • Michael Russell
  • Shirley-Anne Somerville
  • Stewart Stevenson
  • Kevin Stewart
  • Maree Todd
  • David Torrance
  • Maureen Watt
  • Paul Wheelhouse
  • Sandra White
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Christina McKelvie
  • Nicola Sturgeon
  • John Swinney
  • Humza Yousaf

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
  • Alison Harris
Against
  • Jeremy Balfour
  • Bill Bowman
  • Miles Briggs
  • Alexander Burnett
  • Donald Cameron
  • Jackson Carlaw
  • Finlay Carson
  • Peter Chapman
  • Maurice Corry
  • Ruth Davidson
  • Maurice Golden
  • Jamie Greene
  • Jamie Halcro Johnston
  • Rachael Hamilton
  • Liam Kerr
  • Gordon Lindhurst
  • Dean Lockhart
  • Tom Mason
  • Margaret Mitchell
  • Edward Mountain
  • Graham Simpson
  • Liz Smith
  • Alexander Stewart
  • Adam Tomkins
  • Annie Wells
  • Brian Whittle
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Murdo Fraser
  • Oliver Mundell
  • John Scott

Scottish Labour

For
  • Jackie Baillie
  • Claire Baker
  • Neil Bibby
  • Sarah Boyack
  • Mary Fee
  • Neil Findlay
  • Iain Gray
  • Mark Griffin
  • Daniel Johnson
  • James Kelly
  • Johann Lamont
  • Richard Leonard
  • Lewis Macdonald
  • Jenny Marra
  • Pauline McNeill
  • Alex Rowley
  • Anas Sarwar
  • Elaine Smith
  • Colin Smyth
  • David Stewart
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Claudia Beamish
  • Rhoda Grant
  • Monica Lennon

Scottish Liberal Democrats

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

Scottish Green Party

For
  • John Finnie
  • Ross Greer
  • Patrick Harvie
  • Alison Johnstone
  • Mark Ruskell
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Independent

For
  • Andy Wightman
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Derek Mackay
  • Mark McDonald

Reform UK

For
  • Michelle Ballantyne
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

No Party Affiliation

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Ken Macintosh

Amendments

Motion ref. S5M-24206.2

Fair Funding for Local Government: Amendment 2: Amendment

Submitted by: Sarah Boyack, Lothian, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Result 59 for, 57 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote Agreed


Motion ref. S5M-24206.3

Fair Funding for Local Government - Amendment: Amendment

Submitted by: Aileen Campbell, Clydesdale, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Supported by: Ivan McKee
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Result 65 for, 51 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote Agreed


Motion ref. S5M-24206.1

Fair Funding for Local Government - Amendment: Amendment

Submitted by: Patrick Harvie, Glasgow, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, February 23, 2021