Parliament Workbench
Data: Votes to 12 Nov 2026

Vote · 15 Nov 2023

Independent Investigation into the First Minister and Deputy First Minister

Amendment Motion S6M-11247.1 Lodged by Anas Sarwar Lab
Defeated by 11
53 For 64 Against 0 Abstained 12 Did not vote
As an amendment to motion S6M-11247 in the name of Douglas Ross (Independent Investigation into the First Minister and Deputy First Minister), insert at end "; considers that there should be binding sanctions for ministers who breach the Scottish Ministerial Code, and calls on the Scottish Government to provide a date by which the requested legal advice will be made available, unredacted, to the U…
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As an amendment to motion S6M-11247 in the name of Douglas Ross (Independent Investigation into the First Minister and Deputy First Minister), insert at end "; considers that there should be binding sanctions for ministers who breach the Scottish Ministerial Code, and calls on the Scottish Government to provide a date by which the requested legal advice will be made available, unredacted, to the UK COVID-19 Inquiry, and to set out to the Scottish Parliament how many emails from personal and party email addresses have been shared with the UK COVID-19 Inquiry as part of its response to the Inquiry’s request for evidence."

How the parties split

Every party voted as a bloc
PartySplitForAgainstAbst.AbsentMajority
SNP 0 57 0 6 ✗ Against united
Con 30 0 0 1 ✓ For united
Lab 19 0 0 3 ✓ For united
Green 0 6 0 1 ✗ Against united
LD 4 0 0 0 ✓ For united
Alba 0 1 0 0 ✗ Against
NPA 0 0 0 1 n/a

Party is the MSP's party on the day of the vote. Majority is how most of the party's voting MSPs voted.

Every MSP

129 MSPs

For (53)
Con 30
Lab 19
LD 4

Against (64)
SNP 57
Green 6
Alba 1

Did not vote (12)
SNP 6
Con 1
Lab 3
Green 1
NPA 1