Motion
Centenary of the Election of Constance Markievicz
S5M-15183 · Standard Motion · lodged by Greer, Ross
Lodged on
17 Dec 2018Heard / answered on
UnknownThat the Parliament recognises the centenary of the election of Constance Markievicz to the House of Commons, winning the seat of Dublin St Patrick’s in December 1918; notes that, although Constance was the first woman to be elected as a UK MP, as an Irish abstentionist, she instead took her seat in the revolutionary Dáil; acknowledges that she was appointed as the Minister for Labour in the first government of the Irish Republic; believes that this made her the first woman in the world to hold cabinet-level ministerial office; pays respect to Constance’s active role in revolutionary politics throughout her life; notes that she was initially sentenced to death for her role in the Easter Rising but that this was commuted on the basis of her gender, and pays respect to a life dedicated to the causes of women’s rights, particularly suffrage, socialism and the Irish people.
Backed by
Supported by 8 additional MSPs
Green 5
SNP 2
Lab 1
Lodged by
Greer, Ross
(Scottish Green Party).
- Mackay, Rona (SNP)
- Harvie, Patrick (Green)
- Ruskell, Mark (Green)
- Finnie, John (Green)
- Wightman, Andy (Green)
- Mason, John (SNP)
- Findlay, Neil (Lab)
- Johnstone, Alison (Green)
No division on record.
Either the chamber agreed this motion without a vote, it was withdrawn before debate, or it predates 2011 — vote-by-vote records only run from then.
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That the Parliament recognises the centenary of the election of Constance Markievicz to the House of Commons, winning the seat of Dublin St Patrick’s in December 1918; notes that, although Constance was the first woman to be elected as a UK MP, as an Irish abstentionist, she instead took her seat in the revolutionary Dáil; acknowledges that she was appointed as the Minister for Labour in the first government of the Irish Republic; believes that this made her the first woman in the world to hold cabinet-level ministerial office; pays respect to Constance’s active role in revolutionary politics throughout her life; notes that she was initially sentenced to death for her role in the Easter Rising but that this was commuted on the basis of her gender, and pays respect to a life dedicated to the causes of women’s rights, particularly suffrage, socialism and the Irish people.
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S5M-15183Selected item17 Dec 2018 · Standard Motion · Greer, RossThat the Parliament recognises the centenary of the election of Constance Markievicz to the House of Commons, winning the seat of Dublin St Patrick’s in December 1918; notes that, although Constance was the first woman to be elected as a UK MP, as an Irish abstentionist, she instead took her seat in the revolutionary Dáil; acknowledges that she was appoin...