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

  • Submitted by: Meghan Gallacher, Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
  • Motion type: Amendment
  • Motion reference: S7M-00109.1
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 21 May 2026

As an amendment to motion S7M-00109 in the name of John Swinney (First Minister's Appointment of Junior Scottish Ministers), leave out "Jamie Hepburn,".

Vote

Result 11 for, 71 against, 43 abstained, 4 did not vote Disagreed

Scottish National Party

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

Scottish Labour

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

Reform UK

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

Scottish Green Party

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

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

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

Scottish Liberal Democrats

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

No Party Affiliation

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

Related motion

Motion ref. S7M-00109

First Minister's Appointment of Junior Scottish Ministers

Submitted by: John Swinney, Perthshire North, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Thursday, May 21, 2026

Supported by: Katie Hagmann
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, May 21, 2026

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