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Achieving a Fair Balance in the UK’s Economy

  • Submitted by: Kate Forbes, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 March 2025
  • Motion reference: S6M-16667
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 05 March 2025

That the Parliament recognises that Scotland’s many high-growth sectors, which are driven by world class innovation, deserve greater recognition from, and promotion by, the UK Government, which must not unfairly focus investment in the south-east of England, or the so-called golden triangle of Oxford, Cambridge and London, or treat Scotland as an afterthought, especially when announcing or developing policy.


Supported by: Tom Arthur, Richard Lochhead

Vote

Result 59 for, 47 against, 7 abstained, 16 did not vote Vote Passed

Scottish National Party

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

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

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

Scottish Labour

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

Scottish Green Party

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

Scottish Liberal Democrats

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

Independent

For
  • John Mason
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Alba Party

For
  • Ash Regan
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

No Party Affiliation

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

Defeated amendments

Motion ref. S6M-16667.1

Achieving a Fair Balance in the UK’s Economy - Amendment 1 - Amendment

Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Result 20 for, 94 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote Vote Defeated


Motion ref. S6M-16667.3

Achieving a Fair Balance in the UK’s Economy - Amendment 3 - Amendment

Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Result 27 for, 87 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote Vote Defeated


Amendments that have not been voted on

Motion ref. S6M-16667.2

Achieving a Fair Balance in the UK’s Economy - Amendment 2 - Amendment

Submitted by: Lorna Slater, Lothian, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, March 5, 2025