Parliament Workbench
Data: Votes to 12 Nov 2026

Vote · 6 Aug 2014

Trident

Motion For Debate Motion S4M-10724 Lodged by Keith Brown SNP as amended by Green
Carried by 21
68 For 47 Against 0 Abstained 12 Did not vote

What MSPs voted on: the motion as amended

The SNP’s motion was changed by a Green amendment (S4M-10724.2) before this vote. A vote ‘for’ was a vote for the SNP’s motion with the Greens’ changes.

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.

Final wording as read into the Official Report at Decision Time. The marked changes are worked out by this site from the amendment texts and match that wording.

Amendments

  1. S4M-10724.1 Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie Defeated vote, 17–68
  2. S4M-10724.2 Green Patrick Harvie Agreed vote, 68–47
The motion as originally lodged by the SNP (not what was voted on)

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.

How the parties split

Every party voted as a bloc
PartySplitForAgainstAbst.AbsentMajority
SNP 64 0 0 1 ✓ For united
Lab 0 29 0 9 ✗ Against united
Con 0 14 0 1 ✗ Against united
LD 0 4 0 1 ✗ Against united
Green 2 0 0 0 ✓ For united
Ind 2 0 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)

Against (47)

Did not vote (12)