Scottish National Party
MSP for Cunninghame North (Constituency) 2007 - present day
Former MSP for Glasgow (Region) 1999 - 2003
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Chamber meeting date: 6 February 2025
4. Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP): "To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the importance of the A737 to North Ayrshire. (S6O-04309)"
Chamber meeting date: 6 February 2025
Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP): "I welcome the minister’s statement. He is aware of skills shortages in many traditional areas, such as engineering and construction—shortages that impact on economic growth…
Chamber meeting date: 5 February 2025
Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP): "Will the minister confirm that Scotland’s average public sector pay is £2,300 a year higher than it is in the rest of the UK, amounting to an additional £1…
Chamber meeting date: 4 February 2025
Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP): "I am pleased to speak on behalf of the Finance and Public Administration Committee, which published a detailed report on the Scottish budget 2025-26 on 29 January…
Chamber meeting date: 30 January 2025
Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP): "I am pleased to open the debate on behalf of the Finance and Public Administration Committee. I thank my parliamentary colleagues, our excellent clerking team and all of the witnesses who gave evidence to the committee to aid our deliberations…
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Submitted by: Alasdair Allan, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Supported by: Gillian Martin
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, February 6, 2025
Result 88 for, 28 against, 1 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Result 29 for, 88 against, 4 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, February 3, 2025
Supported by: Graeme Dey, Natalie Don-Innes
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Result 73 for, 48 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Glasgow, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Supported by: Martin Whitfield
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Result 19 for, 102 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Thursday, January 30, 2025
Supported by: Jamie Hepburn, Ivan McKee, John Swinney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Result 74 for, 30 against, 21 abstained, 4 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Kenneth Gibson has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Gibson, Kenneth, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 12 February 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much the annual cost would be to provide free ferry tickets for island-based residents of (a) Argyll and Bute, (b) North Ayrshire and (c) the Highlands and Islands who are aged under 22."
Answer expected on 12 March 2025
Asked by: Gibson, Kenneth, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 12 February 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, as part of the cross-government co-ordination on islands, including connectivity, what discussions the rural affairs secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding support in the draft Budget 2025-26 to improve ferry services to Arran."
Taken in the Chamber on 19 February 2025
Asked by: Gibson, Kenneth, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 11 February 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there has reportedly been limited progress in taking forward the Ayrshire Growth Deal."
Answer expected on 11 March 2025
Asked by: Gibson, Kenneth, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 24 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government in what year it was decided that the community benefit for wind farms should be £5,000 per megawatt."
Answered by Alasdair Allan on 5 February 2025
Asked by: Gibson, Kenneth, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 29 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the importance of the A737 to North Ayrshire."
Taken in the Chamber on 6 February 2025
Asked by: Gibson, Kenneth, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 20 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding private finance initiative (PFI) and public private partnership (PPP) contracts where the procuring authority is categorised as a devolved Scottish authority, what the total amount is that (a) has been paid in unitary charge payments since 1997-98, up to and including the financial year 2024-25 to date, for…
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 January 2025
Asked by: Gibson, Kenneth, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 20 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding private finance initiative (PFI) and public private partnership (PPP) contracts, what the total amount in unitary charge payments is that (a) has been paid since 1997-98, up to and including the latest financial year for which figures are available, for all (i) expired and (ii) active projects, and (b)…
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 January 2025
Asked by: Gibson, Kenneth, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 15 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much it anticipates will be paid in this financial year in PFI and PPP unitary charge payments across the public sector."
Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2025
Asked by: Gibson, Kenneth, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 8 January 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on farmers giving the methane-reducing feed additive Bovaer to their cattle."
Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2025
Asked by: Gibson, Kenneth, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 16 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how much the public sector in Scotland has paid in private finance initiative (PFI) and public private partnership (PPP) payments in each year since 2006-07."
Answered by Shona Robison on 7 January 2025
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