Backing Oil and Gas
Submitted by:
Douglas Lumsden
Date lodged:
Monday, 24 November 2025
Motion type: Motion For Debate
Motion reference: S6M-19894
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 26 November 2025
That the Parliament regrets the Scottish Government's ideological drive to end North Sea oil and gas exploration and production; notes the negative impact on oil and gas jobs, energy security, the economy and the environment of the Scottish Government's failure to pursue an informed, data-led, evidence-based North Sea policy; demands the immediate and unequivocal reversal of the Scottish Government's presumption against new oil and gas exploration and production, and calls on the UK Government to immediately abolish the Energy Profits Levy.
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Result
28 for, 89 against, 3 abstained, 9 did not vote
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Scottish National Party
1 for
56 against
0 abstained
3 did not vote
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Hepburn, Jamie
Somerville, Shirley-Anne
Dunbar, Jackie
Arthur, Tom
McNair, Marie
Gibson, Kenneth
Beattie, Colin
Gray, Neil
Adamson, Clare
Sturgeon, Nicola
Thomson, Michelle
Tweed, Evelyn
Ewing, Annabelle
Dey, Graeme
Hyslop, Fiona
Don-Innes, Natalie
Whitham, Elena
Maguire, Ruth
Mackay, Rona
MacDonald, Gordon
Kidd, Bill
Stewart, Kaukab
Allan, Dr Alasdair
Macpherson, Ben
Martin, Gillian
MacGregor, Fulton
Gilruth, Jenny
Adam, George
Brown, Keith
McLennan, Paul
Stevenson, Collette
Haughey, Clare
Minto, Jenni
Brown, Siobhian
McKee, Ivan
Torrance, David
Adam, Karen
Forbes, Kate
Stewart, Kevin
Matheson, Michael
Harper, Emma
Robison, Shona
Coffey, Willie
Dornan, James
Gougeon, Mairi
FitzPatrick, Joe
Grahame, Christine
Lochhead, Richard
Yousaf, Humza
Todd, Maree
Doris, Bob
Constance, Angela
McMillan, Stuart
Fairlie, Jim
Nicoll, Audrey
Robertson, Angus
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0
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McAllan, Màiri
Swinney, John
Roddick, Emma
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
26 for
0 against
0 abstained
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Kerr, Liam
Gallacher, Meghan
McCall, Roz
Findlay, Russell
Lumsden, Douglas
Smith, Liz
Dowey, Sharon
Hamilton, Rachael
Kerr, Stephen
Briggs, Miles
Golden, Maurice
Mountain, Edward
Stewart, Alexander
Whittle, Brian
White, Tess
Fraser, Murdo
Hoy, Craig
Carson, Finlay
Eagle, Tim
Ross, Douglas
Mundell, Oliver
Wells, Annie
Webber, Sue
Halcro Johnston, Jamie
Gosal, Pam
Carlaw, Jackson
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0
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0
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Burnett, Alexander
Gulhane, Sandesh
Scottish Labour
0 for
20 against
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Johnson, Daniel
Baker, Claire
Sarwar, Anas
Boyack, Sarah
O'Kane, Paul
Whitfield, Martin
Clark, Katy
Bibby, Neil
Sweeney, Paul
Russell, Davy
Baillie, Jackie
Mochan, Carol
Duncan-Glancy, Pam
Grant, Rhoda
Leonard, Richard
Villalba, Mercedes
Griffin, Mark
McNeill, Pauline
Marra, Michael
Lennon, Monica
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Scottish Green Party
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Ruskell, Mark
Slater, Lorna
Burgess, Ariane
Mackay, Gillian
Chapman, Maggie
Greer, Ross
Harvie, Patrick
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Independent
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Ewing, Fergus
Regan, Ash
Balfour, Jeremy
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Choudhury, Foysol
Smyth, Colin
Scottish Liberal Democrats
0 for
5 against
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Cole-Hamilton, Alex
Rennie, Willie
Wishart, Beatrice
Greene, Jamie
McArthur, Liam
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Reform UK
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Amendments
Motion ref. S6M-19894.3
Submitted by: Gillian Martin, Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Supported by: Graeme Dey
Result
58 for, 60 against, 1 abstained, 10 did not vote
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Motion ref. S6M-19894.4
Submitted by: Sarah Boyack, Lothian, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Result
22 for, 97 against, 1 abstained, 9 did not vote
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Motion ref. S6M-19894.1
Submitted by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Motion ref. S6M-19894.2
Submitted by: Patrick Harvie, Glasgow, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 26, 2025