Priorities for Scotland: Amendment 1
Submitted by:
Alex Cole-Hamilton
Date lodged:
Monday, 01 September 2025
Motion type: Amendment
Motion reference: S6M-18671.1
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 02 September 2025
As an amendment to motion S6M-18671 in the name of John Swinney (Priorities for Scotland), leave out from “welcomes” to end and insert “recognises that people feel let down and frustrated, and considers that Scotland deserves better than the current Scottish National Party administration; calls for first-rate healthcare, help with the cost of living, more support for pupils to help get Scottish education back to its best, and an end to the ferries fiasco, and believes that Scotland needs change with fairness at its heart."
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Scottish National Party
0 for
58 against
0 abstained
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne
Yousaf, Humza
Robertson, Angus
Mackay, Rona
Adam, Karen
McKee, Ivan
McLennan, Paul
Arthur, Tom
Maguire, Ruth
Matheson, Michael
Sturgeon, Nicola
Gougeon, Mairi
Minto, Jenni
Gibson, Kenneth
Adamson, Clare
FitzPatrick, Joe
McAllan, Màiri
Dey, Graeme
MacDonald, Gordon
Hepburn, Jamie
Gray, Neil
Stewart, Kevin
Don-Innes, Natalie
McMillan, Stuart
Doris, Bob
Gilruth, Jenny
Beattie, Colin
Hyslop, Fiona
Whitham, Elena
Stewart, Kaukab
Robison, Shona
Torrance, David
Constance, Angela
Brown, Siobhian
Coffey, Willie
McNair, Marie
Grahame, Christine
MacGregor, Fulton
Martin, Gillian
Harper, Emma
Fairlie, Jim
Nicoll, Audrey
Roddick, Emma
Todd, Maree
Ewing, Annabelle
Haughey, Clare
Brown, Keith
Macpherson, Ben
Forbes, Kate
Allan, Dr Alasdair
Thomson, Michelle
Swinney, John
Tweed, Evelyn
Lochhead, Richard
Dunbar, Jackie
Kidd, Bill
Adam, George
Dornan, James
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Callaghan, Stephanie
Stevenson, Collette
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
25 for
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Halcro Johnston, Jamie
Mountain, Edward
Hoy, Craig
White, Tess
Briggs, Miles
Kerr, Liam
Fraser, Murdo
Ross, Douglas
Carson, Finlay
Hamilton, Rachael
Eagle, Tim
Lumsden, Douglas
Stewart, Alexander
Gosal, Pam
Gulhane, Sandesh
Whittle, Brian
Mundell, Oliver
Carlaw, Jackson
Golden, Maurice
Kerr, Stephen
McCall, Roz
Burnett, Alexander
Smith, Liz
Wells, Annie
Dowey, Sharon
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Findlay, Russell
Webber, Sue
Scottish Labour
19 for
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McNeill, Pauline
Sweeney, Paul
Leonard, Richard
Sarwar, Anas
Clark, Katy
Johnson, Daniel
Lennon, Monica
Villalba, Mercedes
Choudhury, Foysol
Russell, Davy
Marra, Michael
Whitfield, Martin
Rowley, Alex
Boyack, Sarah
Baker, Claire
Bibby, Neil
Mochan, Carol
O'Kane, Paul
Duncan-Glancy, Pam
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Baillie, Jackie
Grant, Rhoda
Scottish Green Party
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Burgess, Ariane
Mackay, Gillian
Chapman, Maggie
Ruskell, Mark
Greer, Ross
Harvie, Patrick
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
5 for
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Rennie, Willie
Wishart, Beatrice
McArthur, Liam
Greene, Jamie
Cole-Hamilton, Alex
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Independent
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Alba Party
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Reform UK
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Related motion
Motion reference: S6M-18671
Submitted by: John Swinney, Perthshire North, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Monday, September 1, 2025
Supported by: Jamie Hepburn, Ivan McKee, Shona Robison
Amendments
Motion reference: S6M-18671.2
Submitted by: Anas Sarwar, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, September 1, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Motion reference: S6M-18671.3
Submitted by: Ross Greer, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Monday, September 1, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Motion reference: S6M-18671.4
Submitted by: Russell Findlay, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, September 1, 2025
Supported by: Craig Hoy