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Supporting Scotland’s Fishing Industry: Amendment 4

  • Submitted by: Beatrice Wishart, Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2025
  • Motion type: Amendment
  • Motion reference: S6M-19739.4
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 18 November 2025

As an amendment to motion S6M-19739 in the name of Mairi Gougeon (Supporting Scotland’s Fishing Industry), insert at end ", and calls on the Scottish Government to guarantee that its own distribution of the Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund, as well as any other similar funding, is allocated proportionately so that the contribution made by Shetland and other island and coastal communities to the fishing industry and Scotland’s wider economy is properly recognised."


Vote

Result 38 for, 77 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote Disagreed

Scottish National Party

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

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

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

Scottish Labour

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

Scottish Green Party

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

Independent

For
  • Fergus Ewing
Against
  • Foysol Choudhury
  • John Mason
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Jeremy Balfour
  • Ash Regan
  • Colin Smyth

Scottish Liberal Democrats

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

Reform UK

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Graham Simpson

No Party Affiliation

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

Related motion

Motion ref. S6M-19739

Supporting Scotland’s Fishing Industry

Submitted by: Mairi Gougeon, Angus North and Mearns, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Monday, November 17, 2025

Supported by: Jim Fairlie
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Result 94 for, 23 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Agreed


Amendments

Motion ref. S6M-19739.1

Supporting Scotland’s Fishing Industry: Amendment 1: Amendment

Submitted by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Monday, November 17, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Result 7 for, 108 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote Disagreed


Motion ref. S6M-19739.2

Supporting Scotland’s Fishing Industry: Amendment 2: Amendment

Submitted by: Tim Eagle, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, November 17, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Result 31 for, 82 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote Disagreed


Motion ref. S6M-19739.3

Supporting Scotland’s Fishing Industry: Amendment 3: Amendment

Submitted by: Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, November 17, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Result 20 for, 96 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote Disagreed