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First Minister's Appointment of Junior Scottish Ministers

  • Submitted by: John Swinney, Perthshire North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
  • Motion type: Motion For Debate
  • Motion reference: S7M-00109
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 21 May 2026

That the Parliament agrees that Stephen Gethins, Hannah Mary Goodlad, Jamie Hepburn, Simita Kumar, Kirsten Oswald and Alison Thewliss be appointed as junior Scottish Ministers.


Supported by: Katie Hagmann

Vote

Result 73 for, 11 against, 42 abstained, 3 did not vote Agreed

Scottish National Party

For
  • Flynn, Stephen
  • Linden, David
  • Doris, Bob
  • Campbell, Michelle
  • Day, Martyn
  • Adam, Karen
  • Martin, Gillian
  • Gray, Neil
  • Adam, George
  • Stevenson, Collette
  • Melville, Lloyd
  • Fairlie, Jim
  • Black, Dawn
  • McLennan, Paul
  • Kumar, Simita
  • McMillan, Stuart
  • Smith, Alyn
  • Brown, Alan
  • Macpherson, Ben
  • Roddick, Emma
  • Merrick, Colm
  • Oswald, Kirsten
  • Gethins, Stephen
  • Anderson, Heather
  • Ghani, Zen
  • Barratt, David
  • Swinney, John
  • Haughey, Clare
  • Dunbar, Jackie
  • Gilruth, Jenny
  • Kerr, Calum
  • Somerville, Shirley-Anne
  • Hagmann, Katie
  • Torrance, David
  • Arthur, Tom
  • Middleton, Jack
  • Bouse, Gary
  • Brown, Keith
  • Adamson, Clare
  • Mitchell, Laura
  • MacGregor, Fulton
  • McNair, Marie
  • Stafford, Pauline
  • Thewliss, Alison
  • Todd, Maree
  • McKee, Ivan
  • Constance, Angela
  • Kerr, Alex
  • Minto, Jenni
  • Gibson, Patricia
  • McAllan, Màiri
  • Hepburn, Jamie
  • Brown, Siobhian
  • Beattie, Colin
  • Goodlad, Hannah Mary
  • Bonnar, Steven
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Campbell, Kate

Scottish Labour

For
  • Fagan, Joe
  • Sweeney, Paul
  • McNeill, Pauline
  • Long, Joe
  • Baker, Claire
  • Young, Jenny
  • Sangster, Katherine
  • Bibby, Neil
  • Griffin, Mark
  • MacKinnon, Donald
  • Mochan, Carol
  • Ahmed, Irshad
  • Clark, Katy
  • Marra, Michael
  • Sarwar, Anas
  • Baillie, Jackie
  • Johnson, Daniel
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Reform UK

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
  • Schmulian, Kim
  • Bland, Amanda
  • Bannerman, Max
  • Smith, David
  • Beresford, Senga
  • Langan, Jamie
  • Kerr, Thomas
  • MacDougall, Julie
  • Ross, Angela
  • Simpson, Graham
  • Massey, Duncan
  • Offord, Malcolm
  • Kirkwood, David
  • McDade, Helen
  • Simpson, Mark
  • Lindsay, Amanda
  • Currie, Victor
Did not vote
0

Scottish Green Party

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
  • Harvie, Patrick
  • Mackay, Gillian
  • Greer, Ross
  • McKee, Cara
  • Burgess, Ariane
  • Chapman, Maggie
  • Nevens, Kate
  • Kinross-O'Neill, Kayleigh
  • Bruce, Holly
  • Moodie, Laura
  • Ruskell, Mark
  • Manivannan, Q
  • Duane, Iris
  • Leask, Kristopher
  • Slater, Lorna
Did not vote
0

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
0
Against
  • Fraser, Murdo
  • Carson, Finlay
  • Kerr, Stephen
  • Gallacher, Meghan
  • Findlay, Russell
  • Burnett, Alexander
  • Hoy, Craig
  • Kerr, Liam
  • Briggs, Miles
  • Eagle, Tim
  • Hamilton, Rachael
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Lumsden, Douglas

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
  • Baxter, Andrew
  • Green, David
  • McArthur, Liam
  • Chou Turvey, Yi-pei
  • Rennie, Willie
  • Dunlop, Duncan
  • Cole-Hamilton, Alex
  • Harley, Adam
  • MacCallum, Morven-May
  • Dijkstra-Downie, Sanne
Did not vote
0

No Party Affiliation

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Gibson, Kenneth

Amendments

Motion ref. S7M-00109.1

First Minister's Appointment of Junior Scottish Ministers: Amendment 1: Amendment

Submitted by: Meghan Gallacher, Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Thursday, May 21, 2026

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, May 21, 2026