Trident
- Submitted by: Keith Brown, Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 August 2014
- Motion reference: S4M-10724
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 06 August 2014
Motions as amended
S4M-10724 Keith Brown: Trident—That the Parliament supports the speediest safe withdrawal of nuclear weapons from Scotland; opposes the renewal of Trident nuclear weapons; believes that the predicted cost of around £4 billion a year in the mid-2020s for Trident renewal is totally unjustifiable; calls on the UK Government to set out which major defence procurement projects, or other areas of public spending, will have to be cut to pay for Trident renewal; notes that only a Yes vote in the independence referendum will guarantee the withdrawal of Trident nuclear weapons from Scotland; supports the aim of removing Trident within the first term of the Scottish Parliament following independence, and a constitutional ban on nuclear weapons in Scotland; confirms its commitment to working with nuclear and non-nuclear states to create the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons; supports a global ban on nuclear weapons, and considers that the removal of Trident from Scotland would strengthen the case against renewal of the UK Government’s nuclear arsenal.”
Supported by:
Margaret Burgess, Roseanna Cunningham, Kenny MacAskill, Nicola Sturgeon
Vote
Result 68 for, 47 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Passed
Scottish National Party
- 64 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 1 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
- Christian Allard
- Christina McKelvie
- Christine Grahame
- Clare Adamson
- Colin Beattie
- Colin Keir
- Dave Thompson
- David Torrance
- 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
- Maureen Watt
- Michael Matheson
- Michael Russell
- Mike MacKenzie
- Nicola Sturgeon
- Nigel Don
- Paul Wheelhouse
- Richard Lyle
- Rob Gibson
- Roderick Campbell
- Roseanna Cunningham
- Sandra White
- Shona Robison
- Stewart Maxwell
- Stewart Stevenson
- Stuart McMillan
- Willie Coffey
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0Abstained
0Did not vote
Scottish Labour
- 0 for
- 29 against
- 0 abstained
- 9 did not vote
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0Against
- Alex Rowley
- Anne McTaggart
- Cara Hilton
- David Stewart
- Elaine Murray
- Elaine Smith
- Hanzala Malik
- Hugh Henry
- Iain Gray
- Jackie Baillie
- James Kelly
- Jayne Baxter
- Jenny Marra
- Johann Lamont
- John Pentland
- Ken Macintosh
- Lewis Macdonald
- Malcolm Chisholm
- Margaret McCulloch
- Margaret McDougall
- Michael McMahon
- Neil Findlay
- Patricia Ferguson
- Paul Martin
- Rhoda Grant
- Richard Baker
- Richard Simpson
- Sarah Boyack
- Siobhan McMahon
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0Did not vote
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- 0 for
- 14 against
- 0 abstained
- 1 did not vote
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0Against
- Alex Johnstone
- Annabel Goldie
- Cameron Buchanan
- Gavin Brown
- Jackson Carlaw
- Jamie McGrigor
- John Lamont
- John Scott
- Liz Smith
- Margaret Mitchell
- Mary Scanlon
- Murdo Fraser
- Nanette Milne
- Ruth Davidson
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0Did not vote
Scottish Liberal Democrats
- 0 for
- 4 against
- 0 abstained
- 1 did not vote
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Independent
- 2 for
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- 0 abstained
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Scottish Green Party
- 2 for
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- 0 abstained
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Original motion text
That the Parliament supports the speediest safe withdrawal of nuclear weapons from Scotland; opposes the renewal of Trident nuclear weapons; believes that the predicted cost of around £4 billion a year in the mid-2020s for Trident renewal is totally unjustifiable; calls on the UK Government to set out which major defence procurement projects, or other areas of public spending, will have to be cut to pay for Trident renewal; notes that only a Yes vote in the independence referendum will guarantee the withdrawal of Trident nuclear weapons from Scotland; supports the aim of removing Trident within the first term of the Scottish Parliament following independence, and confirms its commitment to working with nuclear and non-nuclear states to create the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons.
Accepted amendments
Trident - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Patrick Harvie, Glasgow, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Supported by: John Finnie, Alison Johnstone, Jean Urquhart
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Result 68 for, 47 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Passed
Defeated amendments
Trident - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Willie Rennie, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Result 17 for, 68 against, 29 abstained, 13 did not vote Vote Defeated