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Seòmar agus comataidhean

Motion of No Confidence

  • Submitted by: Russell Findlay, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 December 2025
  • Motion type: Standard Motion
  • Motion reference: S6M-20135
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 16 December 2025

That the Parliament has no confidence in the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, in light of her failures in candour and openness in her misrepresentation and subsequent misleading statements made to the Parliament with regards to Professor Alexis Jay and grooming gangs.


Supported by: Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Jackson Carlaw, Finlay Carson, Sharon Dowey, Tim Eagle, Murdo Fraser, Meghan Gallacher, Maurice Golden, Dr Pam Gosal MBE, Dr Sandesh Gulhane, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Rachael Hamilton, Craig Hoy, Liam Kerr, Stephen Kerr, Douglas Lumsden, Roz McCall, Edward Mountain, Oliver Mundell, Douglas Ross, Liz Smith, Alexander Stewart, Sue Webber, Annie Wells, Tess White, Brian Whittle


Vote

Result 57 for, 67 against, 1 abstained, 4 did not vote Disagreed

Scottish National Party

For
0
Against
  • Dey, Graeme
  • Grahame, Christine
  • Roddick, Emma
  • Stewart, Kaukab
  • Brown, Siobhian
  • Robertson, Angus
  • Minto, Jenni
  • Callaghan, Stephanie
  • Thomson, Michelle
  • Arthur, Tom
  • Todd, Maree
  • Gilruth, Jenny
  • Forbes, Kate
  • Mackay, Rona
  • Maguire, Ruth
  • Gougeon, Mairi
  • Stewart, Kevin
  • Coffey, Willie
  • Doris, Bob
  • Somerville, Shirley-Anne
  • Kidd, Bill
  • Brown, Keith
  • Martin, Gillian
  • Constance, Angela
  • Ewing, Annabelle
  • Sturgeon, Nicola
  • Fairlie, Jim
  • Don-Innes, Natalie
  • Adam, Karen
  • McLennan, Paul
  • Harper, Emma
  • Macpherson, Ben
  • McKee, Ivan
  • Torrance, David
  • Yousaf, Humza
  • McMillan, Stuart
  • Adam, George
  • Matheson, Michael
  • Robison, Shona
  • Gibson, Kenneth
  • MacDonald, Gordon
  • Hyslop, Fiona
  • McAllan, Màiri
  • Nicoll, Audrey
  • Stevenson, Collette
  • Whitham, Elena
  • Tweed, Evelyn
  • Dunbar, Jackie
  • Gray, Neil
  • McNair, Marie
  • Haughey, Clare
  • MacGregor, Fulton
  • Adamson, Clare
  • FitzPatrick, Joe
  • Beattie, Colin
  • Hepburn, Jamie
  • Allan, Dr Alasdair
  • Swinney, John
  • Lochhead, Richard
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Dornan, James

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
  • Webber, Sue
  • Dowey, Sharon
  • Hoy, Craig
  • Gulhane, Sandesh
  • Findlay, Russell
  • Carson, Finlay
  • Hamilton, Rachael
  • Burnett, Alexander
  • Carlaw, Jackson
  • Fraser, Murdo
  • McCall, Roz
  • Eagle, Tim
  • Gosal, Pam
  • Gallacher, Meghan
  • Kerr, Stephen
  • Kerr, Liam
  • Mundell, Oliver
  • Ross, Douglas
  • Mountain, Edward
  • Briggs, Miles
  • Golden, Maurice
  • Smith, Liz
  • Lumsden, Douglas
  • Halcro Johnston, Jamie
  • Stewart, Alexander
  • Wells, Annie
  • Whittle, Brian
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • White, Tess

Scottish Labour

For
  • Leonard, Richard
  • Griffin, Mark
  • Bibby, Neil
  • Baillie, Jackie
  • Mochan, Carol
  • Marra, Michael
  • Clark, Katy
  • Sarwar, Anas
  • Johnson, Daniel
  • Sweeney, Paul
  • McNeill, Pauline
  • Rowley, Alex
  • Lennon, Monica
  • Russell, Davy
  • Whitfield, Martin
  • Villalba, Mercedes
  • Duncan-Glancy, Pam
  • O'Kane, Paul
  • Baker, Claire
  • Boyack, Sarah
  • Grant, Rhoda
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Scottish Green Party

For
0
Against
  • Mackay, Gillian
  • Ruskell, Mark
  • Chapman, Maggie
  • Slater, Lorna
  • Burgess, Ariane
  • Greer, Ross
  • Harvie, Patrick
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Independent

For
  • Balfour, Jeremy
  • Choudhury, Foysol
  • Ewing, Fergus
Against
  • Mason, John
Abstained
  • Regan, Ash
Did not vote
  • Smyth, Colin

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For
  • Greene, Jamie
  • McArthur, Liam
  • Rennie, Willie
  • Wishart, Beatrice
  • Cole-Hamilton, Alex
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

No Party Affiliation

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Johnstone, Alison

Reform UK

For
  • Simpson, Graham
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0