Vote · 6 Aug 2014
Trident
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.
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
- S4M-10724.1 Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie Defeated vote, 17–68
- 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| Party | Split | For | Against | Abst. | Absent | Majority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 MSPsFor (68)
- George Adam
- Clare Adamson
- Dr Alasdair Allan
- Christian Allard
- Colin Beattie
- Marco Biagi
- Chic Brodie
- Keith Brown
- Margaret Burgess
- Aileen Campbell
- Roderick Campbell
- Willie Coffey
- Angela Constance
- Bruce Crawford
- Roseanna Cunningham
- Graeme Dey
- Nigel Don
- Bob Doris
- James Dornan
- Jim Eadie
- Annabelle Ewing
- Fergus Ewing
- Linda Fabiani
- Joe FitzPatrick
- Kenneth Gibson
- Rob Gibson
- Christine Grahame
- Jamie Hepburn
- Fiona Hyslop
- Adam Ingram
- Colin Keir
- Bill Kidd
- Richard Lyle
- Kenny MacAskill
- Angus MacDonald
- Gordon MacDonald
- Mike MacKenzie
- Derek Mackay
- John Mason
- Michael Matheson
- Stewart Maxwell
- Joan McAlpine
- Mark McDonald
- Christina McKelvie
- Aileen McLeod
- Fiona McLeod
- Stuart McMillan
- Alex Neil
- Gil Paterson
- Dennis Robertson
- Shona Robison
- Michael Russell
- Alex Salmond
- Stewart Stevenson
- Kevin Stewart
- Nicola Sturgeon
- John Swinney
- Dave Thompson
- David Torrance
- Maureen Watt
- Paul Wheelhouse
- Sandra White
- John Wilson
- Humza Yousaf
Against (47)
- Jackie Baillie
- Richard Baker
- Jayne Baxter
- Sarah Boyack
- Malcolm Chisholm
- Patricia Ferguson
- Neil Findlay
- Rhoda Grant
- Iain Gray
- Hugh Henry
- Cara Hilton
- James Kelly
- Johann Lamont
- Lewis Macdonald
- Ken Macintosh
- Hanzala Malik
- Jenny Marra
- Paul Martin
- Margaret McCulloch
- Margaret McDougall
- Michael McMahon
- Siobhan McMahon
- Anne McTaggart
- Elaine Murray
- John Pentland
- Alex Rowley
- Dr Richard Simpson
- Elaine Smith
- David Stewart