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Chamber

Meeting of the Parliament 12 November 2025

12 Nov 2025 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Decision Time
Johnstone, Alison NPA Lothian Watch on SPTV

I can confirm that your vote was recorded, Mr Balfour.

For

Adam, George (Paisley) (SNP)
Adam, Karen (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP)
Adamson, Clare (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP)
Allan, Alasdair (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP)
Arthur, Tom (Renfrewshire South) (SNP)
Beattie, Colin (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP)
Brown, Keith (Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) (SNP)
Brown, Siobhian (Ayr) (SNP)
Callaghan, Stephanie (Uddingston and Bellshill) (SNP)
Coffey, Willie (Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) (SNP)
Cole-Hamilton, Alex (Edinburgh Western) (LD)
Constance, Angela (Almond Valley) (SNP)
Dey, Graeme (Angus South) (SNP)
Don-Innes, Natalie (Renfrewshire North and West) (SNP)
Doris, Bob (Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) (SNP)
Dornan, James (Glasgow Cathcart) (SNP)
Dunbar, Jackie (Aberdeen Donside) (SNP)
Ewing, Annabelle (Cowdenbeath) (SNP)
Fairlie, Jim (Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) (SNP)
FitzPatrick, Joe (Dundee City West) (SNP)
Forbes, Kate (Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) (SNP)
Gibson, Kenneth (Cunninghame North) (SNP)
Gilruth, Jenny (Mid Fife and Glenrothes) (SNP)
Gougeon, Mairi (Angus North and Mearns) (SNP)
Grahame, Christine (Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) (SNP)
Gray, Neil (Airdrie and Shotts) (SNP)
Greene, Jamie (West Scotland) (LD)
Harper, Emma (South Scotland) (SNP)
Haughey, Clare (Rutherglen) (SNP)
Hepburn, Jamie (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (SNP)
Hyslop, Fiona (Linlithgow) (SNP)
Kidd, Bill (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP)
Lochhead, Richard (Moray) (SNP)
MacDonald, Gordon (Edinburgh Pentlands) (SNP)
MacGregor, Fulton (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP)
Mackay, Rona (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP)
Macpherson, Ben (Edinburgh Northern and Leith) (SNP)
Maguire, Ruth (Cunninghame South) (SNP)
Mason, John (Glasgow Shettleston) (Ind)
McAllan, Màiri (Clydesdale) (SNP)
McArthur, Liam (Orkney Islands) (LD)
McKee, Ivan (Glasgow Provan) (SNP)
McLennan, Paul (East Lothian) (SNP)
McMillan, Stuart (Greenock and Inverclyde) (SNP)
McNair, Marie (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP)
Minto, Jenni (Argyll and Bute) (SNP)
Nicoll, Audrey (Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) (SNP)
Rennie, Willie (North East Fife) (LD)
Robertson, Angus (Edinburgh Central) (SNP)
Robison, Shona (Dundee City East) (SNP)
Roddick, Emma (Highlands and Islands) (SNP)
Somerville, Shirley-Anne (Dunfermline) (SNP)
Stevenson, Collette (East Kilbride) (SNP)
Stewart, Kaukab (Glasgow Kelvin) (SNP)
Stewart, Kevin (Aberdeen Central) (SNP)
Swinney, John (Perthshire North) (SNP)
Thomson, Michelle (Falkirk East) (SNP)
Todd, Maree (Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) (SNP)
Torrance, David (Kirkcaldy) (SNP)
Tweed, Evelyn (Stirling) (SNP)
Whitham, Elena (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (SNP)
Wishart, Beatrice (Shetland Islands) (LD)

Against

Balfour, Jeremy (Lothian) (Ind)
Briggs, Miles (Lothian) (Con)
Burgess, Ariane (Highlands and Islands) (Green)
Burnett, Alexander (Aberdeenshire West) (Con)
Carlaw, Jackson (Eastwood) (Con)
Carson, Finlay (Galloway and West Dumfries) (Con)
Chapman, Maggie (North East Scotland) (Green)
Dowey, Sharon (South Scotland) (Con)
Eagle, Tim (Highlands and Islands) (Con)
Ewing, Fergus (Inverness and Nairn) (Ind)
Gallacher, Meghan (Central Scotland) (Con)
Golden, Maurice (North East Scotland) (Con)
Gosal, Pam (West Scotland) (Con)
Greer, Ross (West Scotland) (Green)
Gulhane, Sandesh (Glasgow) (Con)
Hamilton, Rachael (Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con)
Harvie, Patrick (Glasgow) (Green)
Hoy, Craig (South Scotland) (Con)
Halcro Johnston, Jamie (Highlands and Islands) (Con)
Kerr, Liam (North East Scotland) (Con)
Kerr, Stephen (Central Scotland) (Con)
Lumsden, Douglas (North East Scotland) (Con)
Mackay, Gillian (Central Scotland) (Green)
McCall, Roz (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)
Mountain, Edward (Highlands and Islands) (Con)
Mundell, Oliver (Dumfriesshire) (Con)
Ross, Douglas (Highlands and Islands) (Con)
Ruskell, Mark (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green)
Simpson, Graham (Central Scotland) (Reform)
Slater, Lorna (Lothian) (Green)
Smith, Liz (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)
Stewart, Alexander (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)
Webber, Sue (Lothian) (Con)
Wells, Annie (Glasgow) (Con)
White, Tess (North East Scotland) (Con)
Whittle, Brian (South Scotland) (Con)

Abstentions

Baker, Claire (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)
Bibby, Neil (West Scotland) (Lab)
Boyack, Sarah (Lothian) (Lab)
Choudhury, Foysol (Lothian) (Ind)
Clark, Katy (West Scotland) (Lab)
Duncan-Glancy, Pam (Glasgow) (Lab)
Grant, Rhoda (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)
Griffin, Mark (Central Scotland) (Lab)
Johnson, Daniel (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab)
Leonard, Richard (Central Scotland) (Lab)
Marra, Michael (North East Scotland) (Lab)
McNeill, Pauline (Glasgow) (Lab)
Mochan, Carol (South Scotland) (Lab)
Regan, Ash (Edinburgh Eastern) (Ind)
Rowley, Alex (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)
Russell, Davy (Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse) (Lab)
Sarwar, Anas (Glasgow) (Lab)
Sweeney, Paul (Glasgow) (Lab)
Whitfield, Martin (South Scotland) (Lab)

In the same item of business

The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone) NPA
There are nine questions to be put as a result of today’s business. I remind members that, if the amendment in the name of Richard Lochhead is agreed to, the...
The Presiding Officer NPA
There will be a division. There will be a short suspension to allow members to access the digital voting system. 17:20 Meeting suspended. 17:23 On resuming—
The Presiding Officer NPA
We move to the division on amendment S6M-19637.4, in the name of Richard Lochhead. Members should cast their votes now. The vote is closed.
Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab) Lab
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. My app would not connect to the voting system. I would have abstained, apparently.
The Presiding Officer NPA
Thank you, Mr Leonard. We will ensure that that is recorded.
Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Ind) Ind
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I am not sure whether my vote was recorded. I would have voted no.
The Presiding Officer NPA
I can confirm that your vote was recorded, Mr Balfour. For Adam, George (Paisley) (SNP) Adam, Karen (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) Adamson, Clare (M...
The Presiding Officer NPA
The result of the division on amendment S6M-19637.4, in the name of Richard Lochhead, is: For 62, Against 36, Abstentions 19. Amendment agreed to.
The Presiding Officer NPA
Therefore, the amendments in the name of Douglas Lumsden and Sarah Boyack have fallen. The next question is, that motion S6M-19637, in the name of Patrick H...
The Presiding Officer NPA
There will be a division. For Adam, George (Paisley) (SNP) Adam, Karen (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) Adamson, Clare (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP) ...
The Presiding Officer NPA
The result of the division on motion S6M-19637, in the name of Patrick Harvie, on Rosebank, as amended, is: For 80, Against 36, Abstentions 1. Motion, as am...
The Presiding Officer NPA
I remind members that, if the amendment in the name of Jim Fairlie is agreed to, the amendment in the name of Claire Baker will fall. The next question is, t...
The Presiding Officer NPA
There will be a division. The vote is closed.
Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD) LD
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I would have voted yes.
The Presiding Officer NPA
Thank you, Mr Rennie. I will ensure that that is recorded.
Liam McArthur (Orkney Islands) (LD) LD
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I would have voted yes.
The Presiding Officer NPA
Thank you, Mr McArthur. I will ensure that that is recorded. For Adam, George (Paisley) (SNP) Adam, Karen (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) Adamson, Cl...
The Presiding Officer NPA
The result of the division on amendment S6M-19632.3, in the name of Jim Fairlie, is: For 65, Against 34, Abstentions 19. Amendment agreed to.
The Presiding Officer NPA
I remind members that, if the amendment in the name of Sue Webber is agreed to, the amendment in the name of Claire Baker will fall—actually, that amendment ...
The Presiding Officer NPA
There will be a division. For Balfour, Jeremy (Lothian) (Ind) Briggs, Miles (Lothian) (Con) Burnett, Alexander (Aberdeenshire West) (Con) Carlaw, Jackso...
The Presiding Officer NPA
The result of the division on amendment S6M-19632.2, in the name of Sue Webber, is: For 35, Against 83, Abstentions 0. Amendment disagreed to.
The Presiding Officer NPA
The question is, that motion S6M-19632, in the name of Mark Ruskell, on better bus services, as amended, be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.
The Presiding Officer NPA
There will be a division, and members should cast their votes now. The vote is closed.
Neil Bibby (West Scotland) (Lab) Lab
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. My app did not work. I would have voted yes.
The Presiding Officer NPA
Thank you, Mr Bibby. We will ensure that that is recorded. For Adam, George (Paisley) (SNP) Adam, Karen (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) Adamson, Clar...
The Presiding Officer NPA
The result of the division is: For 81, Against 35, Abstentions 2. Motion, as amended, agreed to, That the Parliament agrees that communities across Scotlan...
The Presiding Officer NPA
Unless any member objects, I propose to ask a single question on 10 Parliamentary Bureau motions. No member objects, so the final question is, that motions ...
The Presiding Officer NPA
That concludes decision time.