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

  • Submitted by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 January 2026
  • Motion type: Amendment
  • Motion reference: S6M-20269.1
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 06 January 2026

As an amendment to motion S6M-20269 in the name of Martin Whitfield (Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee's 9th Report, 2025 (Session 6)), leave out from "to impose" to end and insert “that no further action should be taken.”

Vote

Result 19 for, 88 against, 6 abstained, 16 did not vote Disagreed

Scottish National Party

For
  • Annabelle Ewing
Against
  • George Adam
  • Karen Adam
  • Alasdair Allan
  • Tom Arthur
  • Colin Beattie
  • Keith Brown
  • Siobhian Brown
  • Stephanie Callaghan
  • Willie Coffey
  • 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
  • Michelle Thomson
  • Maree Todd
  • David Torrance
  • Evelyn Tweed
  • Elena Whitham
  • Humza Yousaf
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Clare Adamson
  • Angela Constance
  • Kate Forbes
  • Christine Grahame
  • Fiona Hyslop
  • John Swinney

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

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

Scottish Labour

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

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

Scottish Liberal Democrats

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

No Party Affiliation

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

Reform UK

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

Related motion

Motion ref. S6M-20269

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

Submitted by: Martin Whitfield, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, December 22, 2025

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

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

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