Sentences with phrase «green msp»

It's significant that even those opposed to independence at this stage appear to see the potential,» Green MSP Alison Johnstone, whose party commissioned the poll, said.

The Lothian regional list has remained fairly balanced between Labour and the Conservatives since 1999, as well as showing some variety by returning Scotland's first Green MSP, Robin Harper, in 1999; the Socialist Party's Colin Fox in 2003 and the much missed Independent, Margo MacDonald (whose seat incidentally, has remained vacant since her death in 2014).

Robin Harper is Green MSP for Lothians and is chair of the art advisory group.

Ministers have said they will ensure that a Bill brought forward by Green MSP John Finnie would become law.

The Scottish Government has declared it will support a member's bill brought forward by Green MSP John Finnie to scrap the legal defence of justifiable assault for parents who physically discipline their children.

She spoke after Labour, Tory and Green MSPs on Holyrood's Social Security Committee united in June to vote through a series of amendments to the Scottish Government's Child Poverty Bill - including one by Green MSP Alison Johnstone requiring ministers to set out whether they will use new welfare powers to increase child benefit.

But SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, with 63 of Holyrood's 129 members, will continue as First Minister with a thwocking great personal mandate (and the election of six Green MSPs means there will continue to be a majority of pro-independence members in the Scottish Parliament).

The latter pledge was also intended to keep those six Scottish Green MSPs sweet, not least because there'll be a budget to pass in a few months» time (the Scottish government, it's easy to forget, is a minority one).

Finnie and Urquart joined forces with the two Green MSPs and Margo MacDonald to form the «GRINDY» group at Holyrood, along with fellow ex-SNP NATO rebel John Wilson.

The Green MSPs opposed the motion, whilst Labour's representatives in the Scottish Parliament all sat on their hands.

This means the two Green MSPs will vote with the 47 SNP MSPs on an issue by issue basis and support the nationalists in any no confidence motion.

Although the Nationalists no longer have a majority in the Scottish Parliament, they won the historic vote thanks to the support of the six Green MSPs.

Not exact matches

With the results for all constituencies and regions in Scotland in, BASC - the largest shooting association in Scotland - has announced that it has identified 48 out of 129 (37 %) members of Scottish Parliament (MSPs) from all parties except the Greens who are supportive of shooting according to the current law and codes of practice.

The Tories now have 31 MSPs to Labour's 24, while the Liberal Democrats sit in fifth place, behind the Greens, with just five.

The poll suggested the SNP would take 70 seats, Labour 21, the Tories 16, the Greens on nine and the Lib Dems would be pushed from fourth place to sixth with six MSPs.

The Scottish Green Party has two MSPs in the Scottish Parliament and fourteen councillors in 5 of the 32 Scottish local councils.

Alison Johnstone, the Green Lothian MSP is also standing in Edinburgh Central — one of only two constituencies the Greens are contesting (the other being Glasgow Kelvin where Patrick Harvie).

Although the Greens haven't had a list MSP since the 2003 session, John Finnie is known locally.

So if the Scottish Greens (with six MSPs) have any sense, they'll play hard to get - not least because their policy agenda (anti-fracking and properly redistributive in terms of income tax) is significantly more radical than the centrist SNP's.

5 Conservatives, 1 Independent, 1 Green, 9 SNP and 3 Libdem MSPs came out.

The Scottish Greens would go from two Holyrood seats to nine, the Lib Dems would go up one to six, and the SNP would claim two more seats to end up with 71 MSPs.

Scotland voted 62/38 to remain, there is a majority of pro-independence MPs amongst the Scottish contingent at Westminster (and Mrs Thatcher said that this would be enough for independence), there is a majority of MSPs in the Scottish Parliament, which has also passed a motion demanding another referendum, The SNP and Greens have between them almost a majority of Councillors in Scotland.

21 - year - old Ross Greer has been elected as the youngest - ever Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP), representing the Green Party.

After taking in some laps at the MSP, O'Connell says that he might want to bring the Cadillac Racing team down to Bowling Green for some testing.

Paul Airport (MSP) offers free access to a putting green, along with golf lessons and a golf simulator available for a fee.