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How MSPs voted in Alexander row

MSPs have voted against a recommendation to ban Labour MSP Wendy Alexander from parliament for one day, put forward by Holyrood's standards committee, by 70 votes to 49, with two abstentions.

Ms Alexander quit as Scottish Labour leader after failing to declare donations to her leadership campaign on her MSP register of interests in time.

Here is how MSPs voted:


MSPs who voted for the ban:

SNP:

  • Brian Adam, Aberdeen North
  • Bashir Ahmad, Glasgow
  • Alasdair Allan, Western Isles
  • Keith Brown, Ochil
  • Aileen Campbell, South of Scotland
  • Willie Coffey, Kilmarnock and Loudoun
  • Angela Constance, Livingston
  • Bruce Crawford, Stirling
  • Roseanna Cunningham, Perth
  • Nigel Don, North East Scotland
  • Bob Doris, Glasgow
  • Fergus Ewing, Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
  • Linda Fabiani, Central Scotland
  • Joe FitzPatrick, Dundee West
  • Kenny Gibson, Cunninghame North
  • Rob Gibson, Highlands and Islands
  • Christopher Harvie, Mid Scotland and Fife
  • Jamie Hepburn, Central Scotland
  • Fiona Hyslop, Lothians
  • Adam Ingram, South of Scotland
  • Bill Kidd, Glasgow
  • Richard Lochhead, Moray
  • Kenny MacAskill, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
  • Jim Mather, Argyll and Bute
  • Michael Matheson, Falkirk West
  • Stewart Maxwell, West of Scotland
  • Ian McKee, Lothians
  • Christina McKelvie, Central Scotland
  • Stuart McMillan, West of Scotland
  • Alasdair Morgan, South of Scotland
  • Alex Neil, Central Scotland
  • Gil Paterson, West of Scotland
  • Shona Robison, Dundee East
  • Stewart Stevenson, Banff and Buchan
  • Nicola Sturgeon, Glasgow Govan
  • John Swinney, North Tayside
  • Dave Thompson, Highlands and Islands
  • Maureen Watt, North East Scotland
  • Andrew Welsh, Angus
  • Sandra White, Glasgow
  • Bill Wilson, West of Scotland
  • John Wilson, Central Scotland

Liberal Democrat:

  • Jim Hume, South of Scotland
  • Hugh O'Donnell, Central Scotland
  • Mike Pringle, Edinburgh South
  • Mike Rumbles, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
  • Iain Smith, North East Fife
  • Jim Tolson, Dunfermline West

Green:

  • Patrick Harvie, Glasgow

MSPs who voted against the ban:

Conservative:

  • Bill Aitken, Glasgow
  • Ted Brocklebank, Mid Scotland and Fife
  • Derek Brownlee, South of Scotland
  • Gavin Brown, Lothians
  • Jackson Carlaw, West of Scotland
  • Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife
  • Annabel Goldie, West of Scotland
  • Alex Johnstone, North East Scotland
  • John Lamont, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
  • Jamie McGrigor, Highlands and Islands
  • David McLetchie, Edinburgh Pentlands
  • Nanette Milne, North East Scotland
  • Margaret Mitchell, Central Scotland
  • Mary Scanlon, Highlands and Islands
  • John Scott, Ayr
  • Liz Smith, Mid Scotland and Fife

Labour:

  • Wendy Alexander, Paisley North
  • Jackie Baillie, Dumbarton
  • Claire Baker, Mid Scotland and Fife
  • Richard Baker, North East Scotland
  • Sarah Boyack, Edinburgh Central
  • Rhona Brankin, Midlothian
  • Bill Butler, Glasgow Anniesland
  • Malcolm Chisholm, Edinburgh North and Leith
  • Cathie Craigie, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
  • Margaret Curran, Glasgow Baillieston
  • Helen Eadie, Dunfermline East
  • George Foulkes, Lothians
  • Karen Gillon, Clydesdale
  • Marlyn Glen, North East Scotland
  • Trish Godman, West Renfrewshire
  • Charlie Gordon, Glasgow Cathcart
  • Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands
  • Iain Gray, East Lothian
  • Hugh Henry, Paisley South
  • Cathy Jamieson, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
  • James Kelly, Glasgow Rutherglen
  • Andy Kerr, East Kilbride
  • Johann Lamont, Glasgow Pollok
  • Marilyn Livingstone, Kirkcaldy
  • Lewis Macdonald, Aberdeen Central
  • Ken Macintosh, Eastwood
  • Paul Martin, Glasgow Springburn
  • Frank McAveety, Glasgow Shettleston
  • Tom McCabe, Hamilton South
  • Michael McMahon, Hamilton North and Bellshill
  • Duncan McNeil, Greenock and Inverclyde
  • Pauline McNeill, Glasgow Kelvin
  • Des McNulty, Clydebank and Milngavie
  • Mary Mulligan, Linlithgow
  • Elaine Murray, Dumfries
  • Irene Oldfather, Cunninghame South
  • John Park, Mid Scotland and Fife
  • Peter Peacock, Highlands and Islands
  • Cathy Peattie, Falkirk East
  • Richard Simpson, Mid Scotland and Fife
  • Elaine Smith, Coatbridge and Chryston
  • David Stewart, Highlands and Islands
  • Karen Whitefield, Airdrie and Shotts
  • David Whitton, Strathkelvin and Bearsden

Liberal Democrat:

  • Robert Brown, Glasgow
  • Ross Finnie, West of Scotland
  • Liam McArthur, Orkney
  • Alison McInnes, North East Scotland
  • John Farquhar Munro, Ross, Skye and Inverness West
  • Jeremy Purvis, Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
  • Margaret Smith, Edinburgh West
  • Nicol Stephen, Aberdeen South
  • Jamie Stone, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Independent:

  • Margo MacDonald, Lothians

MSPs who abstained from the vote:

SNP:

  • Christine Grahame, South of Scotland
  • Tricia Marwick, Central Fife



SEE ALSO
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'Free vote' call on Alexander ban
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25 Jun 08 |  Scotland
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28 Jun 08 |  Scotland
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