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Empowering Scotland’s Island Communities - Amendment 2

  • Submitted by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2025
  • Motion reference: S6M-17598.2
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 21 May 2025

As an amendment to motion S6M-17598 in the name of Mairi Gougeon (Empowering Scotland’s Island Communities), leave out from first "welcomes" to end and insert "raises significant concerns about the lack of reliable ferry services for many island communities and the challenges that this creates for islanders and businesses, as well as the absence of a long-term plan to provide solutions and funding for a much-improved ferry network; draws attention to the Scottish Human Rights Commission, which found that Scotland’s islanders face a number of human rights challenges; emphasises the acute difficulties that islanders face, including in relation to the increased cost of living for households and businesses, access to health and social care, housing, fisheries, farming and island education; notes the widespread concern about depopulation and considers that not enough has been done to tackle it; highlights criticism raised about the national islands plan in terms of a lack of benefits and progress; appreciates the valuable role that the islands play in Scotland’s tourist industry; raises concern about the potential impact of the Scottish Government’s visitor levy on tourism; recognises the benefits brought by the energy sector on Scotland’s islands, but notes that this sometimes comes into conflict with communities, and urges the Scottish Government to take clear action to tackle all challenges."


Vote

Result 31 for, 78 against, 0 abstained, 19 did not vote Vote Defeated

Scottish National Party

For
0
Against
  • Alasdair Allan
  • Angela Constance
  • Angus Robertson
  • Annabelle Ewing
  • Audrey Nicoll
  • Ben Macpherson
  • Bill Kidd
  • Bob Doris
  • Christine Grahame
  • Clare Adamson
  • Clare Haughey
  • Colin Beattie
  • Collette Stevenson
  • David Torrance
  • Elena Whitham
  • 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
  • Jim Fairlie
  • Joe FitzPatrick
  • John Swinney
  • Karen Adam
  • Kate Forbes
  • Kaukab Stewart
  • Kenneth Gibson
  • Mairi Gougeon
  • Màiri McAllan
  • Maree Todd
  • Marie McNair
  • Michael Matheson
  • 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
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Emma Harper
  • Jenny Gilruth
  • Keith Brown
  • Kevin Stewart
  • Michelle Thomson
  • Stephanie Callaghan

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

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

Scottish Labour

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

Scottish Green Party

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

Scottish Liberal Democrats

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

Alba Party

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

Independent

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

No Party Affiliation

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

Related motion

Motion ref. S6M-17598

Empowering Scotland’s Island Communities

Submitted by: Mairi Gougeon, Angus North and Mearns, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Monday, May 19, 2025

Supported by: Jim Fairlie
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, May 21, 2025


Defeated related amendments

Motion ref. S6M-17598.1

Empowering Scotland’s Island Communities - Amendment 1 - Amendment

Submitted by: Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Result 46 for, 64 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote Vote Defeated