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Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee's 9th Report, 2025 (Session 6)

  • Submitted by: Martin Whitfield, South Scotland, Scottish Labour.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 December 2025
  • Motion type: Motion For Debate
  • Motion reference: S6M-20269
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 06 January 2026

That the Parliament notes the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee’s 9th Report, 2025 (Session 6), Complaint against Ash Regan MSP (SP Paper 945), and agrees to impose the sanction recommended in the report that Ash Regan MSP be excluded from all meetings of the Parliament and its committees for two sitting days, with those sitting days being the next Wednesday and the next Thursday following the agreement of this motion.


Vote

Result 84 for, 18 against, 8 abstained, 19 did not vote Agreed

Scottish National Party

For
  • George Adam
  • Karen Adam
  • Alasdair Allan
  • Tom Arthur
  • Colin Beattie
  • Keith Brown
  • Siobhian Brown
  • Graeme Dey
  • Natalie Don-Innes
  • Bob Doris
  • James Dornan
  • Jackie Dunbar
  • Jim Fairlie
  • Joe FitzPatrick
  • Kenneth Gibson
  • Jenny Gilruth
  • Mairi Gougeon
  • Neil Gray
  • Emma Harper
  • Clare Haughey
  • Jamie Hepburn
  • 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
  • Collette Stevenson
  • Kaukab Stewart
  • Kevin Stewart
  • Nicola Sturgeon
  • Maree Todd
  • David Torrance
  • Evelyn Tweed
  • Elena Whitham
  • Humza Yousaf
Against
  • Annabelle Ewing
Abstained
  • Michelle Thomson
Did not vote
  • Clare Adamson
  • Stephanie Callaghan
  • Willie Coffey
  • Angela Constance
  • Kate Forbes
  • Christine Grahame
  • Fiona Hyslop
  • John Swinney

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

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

Scottish Labour

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

Scottish Liberal Democrats

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

Reform UK

For
0
Against
  • Graham Simpson
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-20269.1

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee's 9th Report, 2025 (Session 6) - Amendment 1 - Amendment

Submitted by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent, Date lodged: Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, January 6, 2026