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Backing Oil and Gas

  • Submitted by: Douglas Lumsden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2025
  • Motion type: Motion For Debate
  • Motion reference: S6M-19894
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 26 November 2025

That the Parliament regrets the Scottish Government's ideological drive to end North Sea oil and gas exploration and production; notes the negative impact on oil and gas jobs, energy security, the economy and the environment of the Scottish Government's failure to pursue an informed, data-led, evidence-based North Sea policy; demands the immediate and unequivocal reversal of the Scottish Government's presumption against new oil and gas exploration and production, and calls on the UK Government to immediately abolish the Energy Profits Levy.


Vote

Result 28 for, 89 against, 3 abstained, 9 did not vote Disagreed

Scottish National Party

For
  • Stephanie Callaghan
Against
  • George Adam
  • Karen Adam
  • Clare Adamson
  • Alasdair Allan
  • Tom Arthur
  • Colin Beattie
  • Keith Brown
  • Siobhian Brown
  • 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
  • Jenny Gilruth
  • 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
  • Ivan McKee
  • Paul McLennan
  • Stuart McMillan
  • Marie McNair
  • Jenni Minto
  • Audrey Nicoll
  • Angus Robertson
  • Shona Robison
  • Shirley-Anne Somerville
  • Collette Stevenson
  • Kaukab Stewart
  • Kevin Stewart
  • Nicola Sturgeon
  • Michelle Thomson
  • Maree Todd
  • David Torrance
  • Evelyn Tweed
  • Elena Whitham
  • Humza Yousaf
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Màiri McAllan
  • Emma Roddick
  • John Swinney

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
  • Miles Briggs
  • Jackson Carlaw
  • Finlay Carson
  • Sharon Dowey
  • Tim Eagle
  • Russell Findlay
  • Murdo Fraser
  • Meghan Gallacher
  • Maurice Golden
  • Dr Pam Gosal MBE
  • Jamie Halcro Johnston
  • Rachael Hamilton
  • Craig Hoy
  • Liam Kerr
  • Stephen 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
  • Alexander Burnett
  • Dr Sandesh Gulhane

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
  • Anas Sarwar
  • Paul Sweeney
  • Mercedes Villalba
  • Martin Whitfield
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Alex Rowley

Scottish Green Party

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

Independent

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

Scottish Liberal Democrats

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

Reform UK

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

No Party Affiliation

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

Amendments that have not been voted on

Motion ref. S6M-19894.1

Backing Oil and Gas - Amendment 1 - Amendment

Submitted by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Motion ref. S6M-19894.2

Backing Oil and Gas - Amendment 2 - Amendment

Submitted by: Patrick Harvie, Glasgow, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Motion ref. S6M-19894.3

Backing Oil and Gas - Amendment 3 - Amendment

Submitted by: Gillian Martin, Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Motion ref. S6M-19894.4

Backing Oil and Gas - Amendment 4 - Amendment

Submitted by: Sarah Boyack, Lothian, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, November 26, 2025