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Wealth Taxation for Public Services: Amendment 4

  • Submitted by: Michael Marra, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 June 2026
  • Motion type: Amendment
  • Motion reference: S7M-00249.4
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 04 June 2026

As an amendment to motion S7M-00249 in the name of Jenny Gilruth (Wealth Taxation for Public Services), insert at end "; notes that the Scottish Government’s Medium Term Financial Strategy, published in June 2025, projected a funding gap of over £4.7 billion by 2029-30; considers that developing a sustainable plan to close this gap is essential to Scotland’s public services and that it is incumbent on all parties in the Parliament to work towards this goal; believes that, to this end, the Scottish Government should take a strategic approach across all devolved taxation in Scotland to include an immediate and comprehensive review of business rates, including consideration of measures such as widening the scope of Fresh Start relief to include businesses that occupy an empty unit within six months of the unit becoming vacant, and further believes that the Scottish Government should convene cross-party talks on council tax reform immediately."  


Vote

Result 95 for, 27 against, 0 abstained, 7 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
  • Kate Campbell
  • Michelle Campbell
  • Angela Constance
  • Martyn Day
  • Bob Doris
  • Jackie Dunbar
  • 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
  • Alison Thewliss
  • Maree Todd
  • David Torrance

Against

0

Abstained

0

Did not vote

  • Jim Fairlie
  • John Swinney

Scottish Labour

For

  • Irshad Ahmed
  • Claire Baker
  • Neil Bibby
  • Katy Clark
  • Joe Fagan
  • Mark Griffin
  • Daniel Johnson
  • Joe Long
  • Donald MacKinnon
  • Michael Marra
  • Pauline McNeill
  • Carol Mochan
  • Katherine Sangster
  • Paul Sweeney
  • Jenny Young

Against

0

Abstained

0

Did not vote

  • Jackie Baillie
  • Anas Sarwar

Reform UK

For

  • David Kirkwood

Against

  • Max Bannerman
  • Senga Beresford
  • Amanda Bland
  • Victor Currie
  • Thomas Kerr
  • Jamie Langan
  • Amanda Lindsay
  • Julie MacDougall
  • Duncan Massey
  • Helen McDade
  • Malcolm Offord
  • Angela Ross
  • Kim Schmulian
  • Mark Simpson
  • David Smith

Abstained

0

Did not vote

  • Graham Simpson

Scottish Green Party

For

  • 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

Against

0

Abstained

0

Did not vote

0

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For

0

Against

  • Miles Briggs
  • Alexander Burnett
  • Finlay Carson
  • Tim Eagle
  • Russell Findlay
  • Murdo Fraser
  • Meghan Gallacher
  • Rachael Hamilton
  • Craig Hoy
  • Liam Kerr
  • Stephen Kerr
  • Douglas Lumsden

Abstained

0

Did not vote

0

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For

  • Andrew Baxter
  • Yi-pei Chou Turvey
  • Alex Cole-Hamilton
  • Sanne Dijkstra-Downie
  • David Green
  • Adam Harley
  • Morven-May MacCallum
  • Liam McArthur
  • Willie Rennie

Against

0

Abstained

0

Did not vote

  • Duncan Dunlop

No Party Affiliation

For

0

Against

0

Abstained

0

Did not vote

  • Kenneth Gibson

Related motion

Wealth Taxation for Public Services

Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-00249

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 4, 2026

Supported by: Hannah Mary Goodlad

Result 84 for, 28 against, 10 abstained, 7 did not vote Agreed


Amendments

Wealth Taxation for Public Services: Amendment 1

Submitted by: Patrick Harvie, Glasgow, Scottish Green Party

Date lodged: Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-00249.1

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 4, 2026

Supported by: Iris Duane, Ross Greer, Kate Nevens

Result 30 for, 37 against, 55 abstained, 7 did not vote Disagreed


Wealth Taxation for Public Services: Amendment 2

Submitted by: Kim Schmulian, Glasgow, Reform UK

Date lodged: Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-00249.2

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 4, 2026

Result 16 for, 94 against, 10 abstained, 9 did not vote Disagreed


Wealth Taxation for Public Services: Amendment 3

Submitted by: Craig Hoy, Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Date lodged: Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-00249.3

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 4, 2026

Result 28 for, 94 against, 0 abstained, 7 did not vote Disagreed


Wealth Taxation for Public Services: Amendment 5

Submitted by: Willie Rennie, Fife North East, Scottish Liberal Democrats

Date lodged: Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-00249.5

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 4, 2026

Result 52 for, 69 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote Disagreed