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Motion of No Confidence

  • Submitted by: Ruth Davidson, Edinburgh Central, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 March 2021
  • Motion type: Standard Motion
  • Motion reference: S5M-24292
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 23 March 2021

That the Parliament has no confidence in the First Minister, in light of confirmation that the Scottish Government ignored legal advice on its prospects of success in Alex Salmond’s judicial review case, and multiple credible witnesses indicating that the First Minister misled the Parliament.

 


Supported by: Jeremy Balfour, Bill Bowman, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Donald Cameron, Jackson Carlaw, Peter Chapman, Maurice Corry, Murdo Fraser, Maurice Golden, Jamie Greene, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Rachael Hamilton, Alison Harris, Liam Kerr, Gordon Lindhurst, Dean Lockhart, Tom Mason, Margaret Mitchell, Edward Mountain, Oliver Mundell, John Scott, Graham Simpson, Liz Smith, Alexander Stewart, Adam Tomkins, Annie Wells, Brian Whittle

Vote

Result 31 for, 65 against, 27 abstained, 6 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
  • 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
  • Christina McKelvie
  • Stuart McMillan
  • Alex Neil
  • Gil Paterson
  • Ash Regan
  • Shona Robison
  • Gail Ross
  • Michael Russell
  • Shirley-Anne Somerville
  • Stewart Stevenson
  • Kevin Stewart
  • Nicola Sturgeon
  • John Swinney
  • Maree Todd
  • David Torrance
  • Maureen Watt
  • Paul Wheelhouse
  • Sandra White
  • Humza Yousaf
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Jenny Gilruth

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

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

Scottish Labour

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

Scottish Green Party

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

Scottish Liberal Democrats

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

Independent

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

No Party Affiliation

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

Reform UK

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

Amendments

Motion ref. S5M-24292.1

Motion of No Confidence - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Anas Sarwar, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Supported by: Jackie Baillie
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, March 23, 2021