Trident
- Submitted by: Keith Brown, Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2013
- Motion reference: S4M-05988
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Motions as amended
S4M-05988 Keith Brown: Trident—That the Parliament acknowledges the devastating humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons; endorses the Secretary-General of the United Nations’s five-point plan for nuclear disarmament; calls on the UK Government to acknowledge the opposition of the Scottish Parliament to nuclear weapons and to the presence of Trident in Scotland, and further calls on the UK Government to explore options for the removal of Trident ahead of the so-called main gate decision in 2016.
Supported by:
Margaret Burgess, Nicola Sturgeon
Vote
Result 61 for, 16 against, 31 abstained, 20 did not vote Vote Passed
Scottish National Party
- 60 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 5 did not vote
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For
- Adam, George
- Adamson, Clare
- Allan, Dr Alasdair
- Beattie, Colin
- Biagi, Marco
- Brodie, Chic
- Brown, Keith
- Burgess, Margaret
- Campbell, Aileen
- Campbell, Roderick
- Coffey, Willie
- Constance, Angela
- Crawford, Bruce
- Cunningham, Roseanna
- Dey, Graeme
- Don, Nigel
- Doris, Bob
- Dornan, James
- Eadie, Jim
- Ewing, Annabelle
- Ewing, Fergus
- Fabiani, Linda
- FitzPatrick, Joe
- Gibson, Kenneth
- Gibson, Rob
- Grahame, Christine
- Hepburn, Jamie
- Hyslop, Fiona
- Ingram, Adam
- Keir, Colin
- Kidd, Bill
- Lochhead, Richard
- Lyle, Richard
- MacAskill, Kenny
- MacDonald, Angus
- MacDonald, Gordon
- Mackay, Derek
- MacKenzie, Mike
- Mason, John
- Matheson, Michael
- McAlpine, Joan
- McDonald, Mark
- McKelvie, Christina
- McLeod, Aileen
- McLeod, Fiona
- McMillan, Stuart
- Neil, Alex
- Paterson, Gil
- Robertson, Dennis
- Robison, Shona
- Russell, Michael
- Salmond, Alex
- Stevenson, Stewart
- Stewart, Kevin
- Sturgeon, Nicola
- Swinney, John
- Wheelhouse, Paul
- White, Sandra
- Wilson, John
- Yousaf, Humza
Against
0Abstained
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Scottish Labour
- 0 for
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0Against
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- Baillie, Jackie
- Baker, Claire
- Baker, Richard
- Baxter, Jayne
- Beamish, Claudia
- Bibby, Neil
- Chisholm, Malcolm
- Dugdale, Kezia
- Fee, Mary
- Grant, Rhoda
- Gray, Iain
- Griffin, Mark
- Henry, Hugh
- Kelly, James
- Lamont, Johann
- Macdonald, Lewis
- Macintosh, Ken
- Malik, Hanzala
- Marra, Jenny
- Martin, Paul
- McCulloch, Margaret
- McDougall, Margaret
- McMahon, Michael
- McMahon, Siobhan
- McNeil, Duncan
- McTaggart, Anne
- Murray, Elaine
- Pearson, Graeme
- Pentland, John
- Simpson, Dr Richard
- Stewart, David
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- 0 for
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0Against
- Brown, Gavin
- Carlaw, Jackson
- Davidson, Ruth
- Fraser, Murdo
- Goldie, Annabel
- Johnstone, Alex
- Lamont, John
- McGrigor, Jamie
- Milne, Nanette
- Scanlon, Mary
- Scott, John
- Smith, Liz
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0Did not vote
Scottish Liberal Democrats
- 0 for
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- 0 abstained
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0Did not vote
Independent
- 1 for
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- 0 abstained
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Scottish Green Party
- 0 for
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Original motion text
That the Parliament acknowledges the devastating humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons; endorses the Secretary-General of the United Nations's five-point plan for nuclear disarmament; calls on the UK Government to acknowledge the opposition of the Scottish Parliament to nuclear weapons and to the presence of Trident in Scotland, and further calls on the UK Government to explore options for the removal of Trident ahead of the so-called main gate decision in 2016.
Defeated amendments
Trident - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Jean Urquhart, Highlands and Islands, Independent, Date lodged: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Supported by: John Finnie, Patrick Harvie, Alison Johnstone, Margo MacDonald
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Result 1 for, 75 against, 33 abstained, 19 did not vote Vote Defeated
Trident - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Ruth Davidson, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Result 12 for, 67 against, 30 abstained, 19 did not vote Vote Defeated