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Chamber and committees

First Minister's Appointment of Scottish Ministers

  • Submitted by: John Swinney, Perthshire North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
  • Motion type: Motion For Debate
  • Motion reference: S7M-00108
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 21 May 2026

That the Parliament agrees that Ivan McKee and Stephen Flynn be appointed as Scottish Ministers.


Supported by: Katie Hagmann

Vote

Result 84 for, 0 against, 42 abstained, 3 did not vote Agreed

Scottish National Party

For
  • George Adam
  • Karen Adam
  • Clare Adamson
  • Heather Anderson
  • Tom Arthur
  • David Barratt
  • Colin Beattie
  • Dawn Black
  • Steven Bonnar
  • Gary Bouse
  • Alan Brown
  • Keith Brown
  • Siobhian Brown
  • Michelle Campbell
  • Angela Constance
  • Martyn Day
  • Bob Doris
  • Jackie Dunbar
  • Jim Fairlie
  • Stephen Flynn
  • Stephen Gethins
  • Zen Ghani
  • Patricia Gibson
  • Jenny Gilruth
  • Hannah Mary Goodlad
  • Neil Gray
  • Katie Hagmann
  • Clare Haughey
  • Jamie Hepburn
  • Alex Kerr
  • Calum Kerr
  • Simita Kumar
  • David Linden
  • Fulton MacGregor
  • Ben Macpherson
  • Gillian Martin
  • Màiri McAllan
  • Ivan McKee
  • Paul McLennan
  • Stuart McMillan
  • Marie McNair
  • Lloyd Melville
  • Colm Merrick
  • Jack Middleton
  • Jenni Minto
  • Laura Mitchell
  • Kirsten Oswald
  • Emma Roddick
  • Alyn Smith
  • Shirley-Anne Somerville
  • Pauline Stafford
  • Collette Stevenson
  • John Swinney
  • Alison Thewliss
  • Maree Todd
  • David Torrance
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Kate Campbell

Reform UK

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
  • Max Bannerman
  • Senga Beresford
  • Amanda Bland
  • Victor Currie
  • Thomas Kerr
  • David Kirkwood
  • Jamie Langan
  • Amanda Lindsay
  • Julie MacDougall
  • Duncan Massey
  • Helen McDade
  • Malcolm Offord
  • Angela Ross
  • Kim Schmulian
  • Graham Simpson
  • Mark Simpson
  • David Smith
Did not vote
0

Scottish Labour

For
  • Irshad Ahmed
  • Jackie Baillie
  • Claire Baker
  • Neil Bibby
  • Katy Clark
  • Joe Fagan
  • Mark Griffin
  • Daniel Johnson
  • Joe Long
  • Donald MacKinnon
  • Michael Marra
  • Pauline McNeill
  • Carol Mochan
  • Katherine Sangster
  • Anas Sarwar
  • Paul Sweeney
  • Jenny Young
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Scottish Green Party

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
  • Holly Bruce
  • Ariane Burgess
  • Maggie Chapman
  • Iris Duane
  • Ross Greer
  • Patrick Harvie
  • Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill
  • Kristopher Leask
  • Gillian Mackay
  • Q Manivannan
  • Cara McKee
  • Laura Moodie
  • Kate Nevens
  • Mark Ruskell
  • Lorna Slater
Did not vote
0

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
  • Miles Briggs
  • Alexander Burnett
  • Finlay Carson
  • Tim Eagle
  • Russell Findlay
  • Murdo Fraser
  • Meghan Gallacher
  • Rachael Hamilton
  • Craig Hoy
  • Liam Kerr
  • Stephen Kerr
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Douglas Lumsden

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
  • Andrew Baxter
  • Yi-pei Chou Turvey
  • Alex Cole-Hamilton
  • Sanne Dijkstra-Downie
  • Duncan Dunlop
  • David Green
  • Adam Harley
  • Morven-May MacCallum
  • Liam McArthur
  • Willie Rennie
Did not vote
0

No Party Affiliation

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Kenneth Gibson