Scottish Parliament – March 11, 2025 – 4
Appointment of Chair to Environmental Standards Scotland
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 83 MSPs
No: 1 MSP
Absent: 24 MSPs
Abstain: 22 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Cross party ayeThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where there is a cross party consensus in favour of a motion.
There may be scattered opposition (which is why a vote is being held at all), but it does not break down clearly along government/opposition lines.
Motion
Motion type: Other(?)
S6M-16749: That the Parliament notes the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee’s consideration of Dr Richard Dixon as the nominated candidate for the role of Board Chair of Environmental Standards Scotland at its meeting on 18 February 2025;
welcomes the committee's recommendation that the Parliament approves the appointment of Dr Richard Dixon for four years in accordance with schedule 1, paragraph 2(4) of the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021, and approves the appointment as required by schedule 1, paragraph 2(2) of the Act.
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Whip reports
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Overall counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 130 | 84 | 83 | 1 | 22 | 24 | 64.62% | 98.81% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 43.94% | 96.55% |
| Government | 64 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 85.94% | 100.00% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 64 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 85.94% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 23 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 82.61% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 3.23% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christina McKelvie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Abstain | 50.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |