Scottish Parliament – May 21, 2026 – 2
First Minister's Appointment of Junior Scottish Ministers (Amendment 1)
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 11 MSPs
No: 71 MSPs
Absent: 4 MSPs
Abstain: 43 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Strong conflict: Gov proposesThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is proposing a motion and the opposition is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, that even if the government is likely to win, is a significant public signal of opposition.
Motion
Motion type: Amendment(?)
S7M-00109.1: 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,".
Original motion(S7M-00109): 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.
Annotations
No annotations for this decision.
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 | 129 | 82 | 11 | 71 | 43 | 4 | 63.57% | 13.41% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 82 | 11 | 71 | 43 | 4 | 63.57% | 13.41% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 91.67% | 90.91% |
| Labour | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Reform UK | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Scottish National Party | 58 | 56 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 96.55% | 1.79% |
| Liberal Democrat | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Green | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lord Offord | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Laura Moodie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kim Schmulian | Reform UK | Abstain | n/a |
| Max Bannerman | Reform UK | Abstain | n/a |
| Joe Long | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Mark Simpson | Reform UK | Abstain | n/a |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Andrew Baxter | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Lloyd Melville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Heather Anderson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Angela Ross | Reform UK | Abstain | n/a |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 90.91% |
| Colm Merrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.79% |
| Dawn Black | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Alex Kerr | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Alison Thewliss | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Irshad Ahmed | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Katherine Sangster | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 90.91% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 90.91% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Thomas Kerr | Reform UK | Abstain | n/a |
| Gary Bouse | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Holly Bruce | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Duncan Massey | Reform UK | Abstain | n/a |
| Alyn Smith | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Stephen Gethins | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Laura Mitchell | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Kristopher Leask | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Katie Hagmann | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Patricia Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Steven Bonnar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Calum Kerr | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Q Manivannan | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Senga Beresford | Reform UK | Abstain | n/a |
| Sanne Dijkstra-Downie | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Abstain | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| David Smith | Reform UK | Abstain | n/a |
| Victor Currie | Reform UK | Abstain | n/a |
| Kate Nevens | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 9.09% |
| David Barratt | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Kate Campbell | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jenny Young | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Jamie Langan | Reform UK | Abstain | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Julie MacDougall | Reform UK | Abstain | n/a |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Duncan Dunlop | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 90.91% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 90.91% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Zen Ghani | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| David Linden | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Yi-pei Chou Turvey | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Simita Kumar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Amanda Bland | Reform UK | Abstain | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 90.91% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Iris Duane | Green | No | 100.00% |
| David Green | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Joe Fagan | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| David Kirkwood | Reform UK | Abstain | n/a |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 90.91% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Michelle Campbell | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Adam Harley | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Morven-May MacCallum | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Stephen Flynn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Hannah Goodlad | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Amanda Lindsay | Reform UK | Abstain | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 90.91% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Martyn Day | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 90.91% |
| Cara McKee | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Kirsten Oswald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Helen McDade | Reform UK | Abstain | n/a |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Jack Middleton | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Pauline Stafford | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Alan Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Donald MacKinnon | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Abstain | n/a |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 90.91% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Presiding Officer | Absent | n/a |