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Prisoner Voting - Amendment

  • Submitted by: Michael Russell, Argyll and Bute, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 February 2021
  • Motion reference: S5M-24205.1
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 24 February 2021

As an amendment to motion S5M-24205 in the name of Liam Kerr (Prisoner Voting), leave out from "believes" to end and insert "recognises that the extension of voting rights to some prisoners was introduced to comply with a ruling from the European Court of Human Rights that a blanket ban on prisoner voting breached the European Convention on Human Rights; notes that, under the Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Act 2020, passed with a two thirds majority on 20 February 2020, the franchise was extended to those serving a custodial sentence of 12 months or less, and that similar actions have been taken in other parts of the UK and widely across the world, and believes that it is for the Scottish Parliament to take the action that it considers necessary to comply with human rights obligations."

Vote

Result 90 for, 27 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Passed

Scottish National Party

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Scottish Labour

Scottish Green Party

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Scottish Liberal Democrats

Independent

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Reform UK

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No Party Affiliation

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Related motion

Motion ref. S5M-24205

Prisoner Voting

Submitted by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, February 22, 2021

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Result 89 for, 27 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote Vote Passed