Scottish Parliament – June 17, 2026 – 1
Appointment of Law Officers
Result
✅ Motion passed.
Aye: 102 MSPs
No: 16 MSPs
Absent: 11 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Strong conflict: Opposition proposesThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the opposition has proposed a motion and the government is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, or that it would have substantive effects if passed.
Motion
Motion type: Other(?)
S7M-00380: That the Parliament agrees that it be recommended to His Majesty that Ruth Charteris KC be appointed as the Lord Advocate and that Brian (BJ) Gill KC be appointed as Solicitor General for Scotland.
Annotations
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Whip reports
No whip reports for this decision.
Overall counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 118 | 102 | 16 | 11 | 91.47% | 86.44% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 129 | 118 | 102 | 16 | 11 | 91.47% | 86.44% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 12 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 83.33% | 100.00% |
| Green | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 58 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 5 | 91.38% | 100.00% |
| Labour | 17 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 94.12% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 17 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 94.12% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Irshad Ahmed | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe Fagan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline Stafford | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Nevens | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Kerr | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alyn Smith | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Ross | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Steven Bonnar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Andrew Baxter | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Duncan Massey | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Morven-May MacCallum | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Max Bannerman | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Joe Long | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| David Green | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Iris Duane | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Victor Currie | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| David Smith | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sanne Dijkstra-Downie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Helen McDade | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martyn Day | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Senga Beresford | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Laura Mitchell | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Flynn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lloyd Melville | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Heather Anderson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Hannah Goodlad | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Thomas Kerr | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Laura Moodie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gary Bouse | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Adam Harley | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Holly Bruce | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Duncan Dunlop | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Donald MacKinnon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alan Brown | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Amanda Bland | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Barratt | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Dawn Black | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Zen Ghani | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Katherine Sangster | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patricia Gibson | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Katie Hagmann | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Young | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Langan | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Kim Schmulian | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Thewliss | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Lord Offord | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Presiding Officer | Absent | n/a |
| Jack Middleton | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colm Merrick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Calum Kerr | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kirsten Oswald | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Q Manivannan | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Cara McKee | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Yi-pei Chou Turvey | Liberal Democrat | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Campbell | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Linden | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Simita Kumar | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Gethins | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kristopher Leask | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Amanda Lindsay | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Kirkwood | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Campbell | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Aye | 100.00% |
| Julie MacDougall | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |