Vote · 6 Aug 2014

Trident

Amendment Motion S4M-10724.2 Lodged by Patrick Harvie Green

Carried by 21

68 For 47 Against 0 Abstained 12 Did not vote

What this amendment would do

This vote was on a Green amendment (S4M-10724.2) to the SNP’s motion (S4M-10724). It was agreed, so the motion’s final vote was on the wording as amended, with words from the original removed. The final vote, on the motion as amended, was carried 68–47.

If agreed, the motion would read:

That the Parliament supports the speediest safe withdrawal of nuclear weapons from Scotland; opposes the renewal of Trident nuclear weapons; believes that the predicted cost of around £4 billion a year in the mid-2020s for Trident renewal is totally unjustifiable; calls on the UK Government to set out which major defence procurement projects, or other areas of public spending, will have to be cut to pay for Trident renewal; notes that only a Yes vote in the independence referendum will guarantee the withdrawal of Trident nuclear weapons from Scotland; supports the aim of removing Trident within the first term of the Scottish Parliament following independence~~, and confirms its commitment to working with nuclear and non-nuclear states to create the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons.~~S4M-10724.2 Green and a constitutional ban on nuclear weapons in Scotland; confirms its commitment to working with nuclear and non-nuclear states to create the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons; supports a global ban on nuclear weapons, and considers that the removal of Trident from Scotland would strengthen the case against renewal of the UK Government’s nuclear arsenal.

Worked out by this site by applying the amendment to the motion as lodged. It is not an official text.

The amendment as lodged

leave out from ", and confirms" to end and insert “and a constitutional ban on nuclear weapons in Scotland; confirms its commitment to working with nuclear and non-nuclear states to create the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons; supports a global ban on nuclear weapons, and considers that the removal of Trident from Scotland would strengthen the case against renewal of the UK Government’s nuclear arsenal.”

All amendments to S4M-10724

S4M-10724.1 Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie Defeated vote, 17–68
S4M-10724.2 Green Patrick Harvie Agreed vote, 68–47

How the parties split

Every party voted as a bloc

Party	For	Against	Absent	Majority
SNP	64	0	1	✓ For united
Lab	0	29	9	✗ Against united
Con	0	14	1	✗ Against united
LD	0	4	1	✗ Against united
Green	2	0	0	✓ For united
Ind	2	0	0	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

127 MSPs

For (68)

SNP 64

Green 2

Ind 2

Against (47)

Lab 29

Con 14

LD 4

Did not vote (12)

SNP 1

Richard Lochhead

Lab 9

Con 1

Alex Fergusson

LD 1

Liam McArthur

Against their party

Nobody. Every MSP who voted sided with their party's majority.

Context

Amends the main motion, S4M-10724 (carried)
The motion, its supporters and amendments
Watch on Scottish Parliament TV (that day's meetings)
All votes on 6 Aug 2014 (3)

Other votes that day (2)

Trident S4M-10724 as amended by Green
Carried 68–47
Trident S4M-10724.1
Defeated 17–68

How this is worked out

Vote type, bill stage, free votes and key votes are worked out by this site from titles, dates and how each party split. They are not the Parliament’s own classification.

Kind and stage come from the motion title and reference (".1" references are amendments) and, for bills, the bill’s stage dates.
Bill links are shown only when the title matches a bill’s name and the vote falls within that bill’s passage.
Free vote means two or more parties each split by 15% or more, with ten or more MSPs off their party line. Parties rarely announce free votes in the data, so this is a likely sign, not a record.
Key vote means a bill’s Stage 1 or final vote, a budget vote, a likely free vote, or a result decided by three votes or fewer.
Against party line counts MSPs whose vote differed from the majority of their own party (independents excluded).