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 Ingram
- Aileen Campbell
- Aileen McLeod
- Alasdair Allan
- Alex Neil
- Alex Salmond
- Angela Constance
- Angus MacDonald
- Annabelle Ewing
- Bill Kidd
- Bob Doris
- Bruce Crawford
- Chic Brodie
- Christina McKelvie
- Christine Grahame
- Clare Adamson
- Colin Beattie
- Colin Keir
- Dennis Robertson
- Derek Mackay
- Fergus Ewing
- Fiona Hyslop
- Fiona McLeod
- George Adam
- Gil Paterson
- Gordon MacDonald
- Graeme Dey
- Humza Yousaf
- James Dornan
- Jamie Hepburn
- Jim Eadie
- Joan McAlpine
- Joe FitzPatrick
- John Mason
- John Swinney
- John Wilson
- Keith Brown
- Kenneth Gibson
- Kenny MacAskill
- Kevin Stewart
- Linda Fabiani
- Marco Biagi
- Margaret Burgess
- Mark McDonald
- Michael Matheson
- Michael Russell
- Mike MacKenzie
- Nicola Sturgeon
- Nigel Don
- Paul Wheelhouse
- Richard Lochhead
- Richard Lyle
- Rob Gibson
- Roderick Campbell
- Roseanna Cunningham
- Sandra White
- Shona Robison
- Stewart Stevenson
- Stuart McMillan
- Willie Coffey
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0Abstained
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Scottish Labour
- 0 for
- 0 against
- 31 abstained
- 6 did not vote
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0Against
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- Anne McTaggart
- Claire Baker
- Claudia Beamish
- David Stewart
- Duncan McNeil
- Elaine Murray
- Graeme Pearson
- Hanzala Malik
- Hugh Henry
- Iain Gray
- Jackie Baillie
- James Kelly
- Jayne Baxter
- Jenny Marra
- Johann Lamont
- John Pentland
- Ken Macintosh
- Kezia Dugdale
- Lewis Macdonald
- Malcolm Chisholm
- Margaret McCulloch
- Margaret McDougall
- Mark Griffin
- Mary Fee
- Michael McMahon
- Neil Bibby
- Paul Martin
- Rhoda Grant
- Richard Baker
- Richard Simpson
- Siobhan McMahon
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- 0 for
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- 0 abstained
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- Alex Johnstone
- Annabel Goldie
- Gavin Brown
- Jackson Carlaw
- Jamie McGrigor
- John Lamont
- John Scott
- Liz Smith
- Mary Scanlon
- Murdo Fraser
- Nanette Milne
- Ruth Davidson
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Independent
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Scottish Green Party
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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