The majority of MPs voted to allow warrants permitting obtaining and examining the content of communications on economic and national security grounds where the information sought relates to the acts or intentions of persons outside the British Islands.
MPs were considering the Investigatory Powers Bill.[1]
The amendment rejected in this vote was:
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Amendment 312, page 14, line 22, leave out paragraph (c).
An explanatory note covering this and another related amendment[2] stated:
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These amendments would require that there is reasonable suspicion of serious crime for a warrant authorising interception and delete the separate subsection relating to economic well-being of the UK
Had the amendment not been rejected it would have impacted Clause 18(2)[3] of the Bill which stated:
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(2) A targeted interception warrant or targeted examination warrant is necessary on grounds falling within this section if it is necessary—
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(a) in the interests of national security,
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(b) for the purpose of preventing or detecting serious crime, or
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(c) in the interests of the economic well-being of the United Kingdom so far as those interests are also relevant to the interests of national security (but see subsection (4)).
Subsection (4) which was referred to stated:
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(4) A warrant may be considered necessary as mentioned in subsection (2)(c) only if the information which it is considered necessary to obtain is information relating to the acts or intentions of persons outside the British Islands.
“British Islands” means the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.[4]
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Debate in Parliament |
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Nigel Adams | Selby and Ainsty | Con | no |
| Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Aldous | Waveney | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lucy Allan | Telford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Heidi Allen | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stuart Andrew | Pudsey | Con | no |
| Caroline Ansell | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | no |
| Edward Argar | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | no |
| Victoria Atkins | Louth and Horncastle | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Harriett Baldwin | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Steve Barclay | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gavin Barwell | Croydon Central | Con (front bench) | no |
| Guto Bebb | Aberconwy | Con (front bench) | no |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con | no |
| Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jake Berry | Rossendale and Darwen | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Berry | Kingston and Surbiton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Bingham | High Peak | Con | no |
| Bob Blackman | Harrow East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Karen Bradley | Staffordshire Moorlands | Con (front bench) | no |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Bridgen | North West Leicestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Steve Brine | Winchester | Con | no |
| James Brokenshire | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Con (front bench) | no |
| Fiona Bruce | Congleton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Buckland | South Swindon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Conor Burns | Bournemouth West | Con | no |
| Simon Burns | Chelmsford | Con | no |
| David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Neil Carmichael | Stroud | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Cartlidge | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | no |
| Maria Caulfield | Lewes | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alex Chalk | Cheltenham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Rehman Chishti | Gillingham and Rainham | Con | no |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jo Churchill | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con | no |
| James Cleverly | Braintree | Con (front bench) | no |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | The Cotswolds | Con (front bench) | no |
| Damian Collins | Folkestone and Hythe | Con | no |
| Oliver Colvile | Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alberto Costa | South Leicestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con | no |
| Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Byron Davies | Gower | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Davies | Brecon and Radnorshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mims Davies | Eastleigh | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con | no |
| Caroline Dinenage | Gosport | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con | no |
| Michelle Donelan | Chippenham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Oliver Dowden | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Drax | South Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Flick Drummond | Portsmouth South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | no |
| Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Ellis | Northampton North | Con | no |
| Jane Ellison | Battersea | Con (front bench) | no |
| Charlie Elphicke | Dover | Con (front bench) | no |
| George Eustice | Camborne and Redruth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Graham Evans | Weaver Vale | Con | no |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | no |
| Suella Fernandes | Fareham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con | no |
| Liam Fox | North Somerset | Con | no |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh and Wickford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lucy Frazer | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| George Freeman | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Fuller | Bedford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Marcus Fysh | Yeovil | Con | no |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con | no |
| Mark Garnier | Wyre Forest | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nusrat Ghani | Wealden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Glen | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Zac Goldsmith | Richmond Park | Con (front bench) | no |
| Helen Grant | Maidstone and The Weald | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Green | Bolton West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Griffiths | Burton | Con | no |
| Sam Gyimah | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Halfon | Harlow | Con (front bench) | no |
| Luke Hall | Thornbury and Yate | Con (front bench) | no |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Matthew Hancock | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Hands | Chelsea and Fulham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Harrington | Watford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Rebecca Harris | Castle Point | Con (front bench) | no |
| Simon Hart | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alan Haselhurst | Saffron Walden | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | no |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con | no |
| James Heappey | Wells | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Heaton-Harris | Daventry | Con | no |
| Peter Heaton-Jones | North Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gordon Henderson | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Con | no |
| Damian Hinds | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Simon Hoare | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| George Hollingbery | Meon Valley | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Kevin Hollinrake | Thirsk and Malton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | no |
| Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kris Hopkins | Keighley | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Howell | Henley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ben Howlett | Bath | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nigel Huddleston | Mid Worcestershire | Con | no |
| Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nick Hurd | Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner | Con (front bench) | no |
| Margot James | Stourbridge | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Sajid Javid | Bromsgrove | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ranil Jayawardena | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bernard Jenkin | Harwich and North Essex | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrea Jenkyns | Morley and Outwood | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Jenrick | Newark | Con | no |
| Boris Johnson | Uxbridge and South Ruislip | Con | no |
| Jo Johnson | Orpington | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Jones | Harrogate and Knaresborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Marcus Jones | Nuneaton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Simon Kirby | Brighton, Kemptown | Con (front bench) | no |
| Julian Knight | Solihull | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kwasi Kwarteng | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Lancaster | Milton Keynes North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Pauline Latham | Mid Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Phillip Lee | Bracknell | Con | no |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Charlotte Leslie | Bristol North West | Con | no |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Brandon Lewis | Great Yarmouth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater and West Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jack Lopresti | Filton and Bradley Stoke | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jonathan Lord | Woking | Con | no |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Karen Lumley | Redditch | Con (front bench) | no |
| Craig Mackinlay | South Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Mackintosh | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alan Mak | Havant | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kit Malthouse | North West Hampshire | Con | no |
| Scott Mann | North Cornwall | Con | no |
| Tania Mathias | Twickenham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | no |
| Paul Maynard | Blackpool North and Cleveleys | Con | no |
| Jason McCartney | Colne Valley | Con | no |
| Karl McCartney | Lincoln | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Menzies | Fylde | Con (front bench) | no |
| Johnny Mercer | Plymouth, Moor View | Con (front bench) | no |
| Huw Merriman | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Metcalfe | South Basildon and East Thurrock | Con | no |
| Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | no |
| Amanda Milling | Cannock Chase | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Anne Milton | Guildford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Penny Mordaunt | Portsmouth North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nicky Morgan | Loughborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Anne Marie Morris | Newton Abbot | Con | no |
| David Morris | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Con | no |
| James Morris | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | Con | no |
| Wendy Morton | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Mowat | Warrington South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sheryll Murray | South East Cornwall | Con | no |
| Andrew Murrison | South West Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sarah Newton | Truro and Falmouth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Caroline Nokes | Romsey and Southampton North | Con | no |
| Jesse Norman | Hereford and South Herefordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Nuttall | Bury North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Matthew Offord | Hendon | Con | no |
| Guy Opperman | Hexham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Neil Parish | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con | no |
| Mark Pawsey | Rugby | Con | no |
| Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Percy | Brigg and Goole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Claire Perry | Devizes | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Phillips | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Philp | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Christopher Pincher | Tamworth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Daniel Poulter | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Con (front bench) | no |
| Rebecca Pow | Taunton Deane | Con (front bench) | no |
| Victoria Prentis | Banbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jeremy Quin | Horsham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Will Quince | Colchester | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | no |
| Jacob Rees-Mogg | North East Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mary Robinson | Cheadle | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Amber Rudd | Hastings and Rye | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Rutley | Macclesfield | Con | no |
| Antoinette Sandbach | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Paul Scully | Sutton and Cheam | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con | no |
| Alec Shelbrooke | Elmet and Rothwell | Con (front bench) | no |
| Keith Simpson | Broadland | Con | no |
| Chris Skidmore | Kingswood | Con | no |
| Chloe Smith | Norwich North | Con | no |
| Henry Smith | Crawley | Con | no |
| Julian Smith | Skipton and Ripon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Royston Smith | Southampton, Itchen | Con | no |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con | no |
| Amanda Solloway | Derby North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Anna Soubry | Broxtowe | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Spencer | Sherwood | Con | no |
| Bob Stewart | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Iain Stewart | Milton Keynes South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Rory Stewart | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mel Stride | Central Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Julian Sturdy | York Outer | Con (front bench) | no |
| Rishi Sunak | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | no |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con | no |
| Derek Thomas | St Ives | Con (front bench) | no |
| Maggie Throup | Erewash | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kelly Tolhurst | Rochester and Strood | Con (front bench) | no |
| Justin Tomlinson | North Swindon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Tomlinson | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Con | no |
| Craig Tracey | North Warwickshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con | no |
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Con (front bench) | no |
| Thomas Tugendhat | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | no |
| Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Martin Vickers | Cleethorpes | Con (front bench) | no |
| Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robin Walker | Worcester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ben Wallace | Wyre and Preston North | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Warburton | Somerton and Frome | Con | no |
| Matt Warman | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Wharton | Stockton South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Helen Whately | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | no |
| Heather Wheeler | South Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris White | Warwick and Leamington | Con (front bench) | no |
| Craig Whittaker | Calder Valley | Con | no |
| Bill Wiggin | North Herefordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Craig Williams | Cardiff North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gavin Williamson | South Staffordshire | Con | no |
| Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sarah Wollaston | Totnes | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mike Wood | Dudley South | Con | no |
| William Wragg | Hazel Grove | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jeremy Wright | Kenilworth and Southam | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nadhim Zahawi | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Ian Paisley Jnr | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Gavin Robinson | Belfast East | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Jim Shannon | Strangford | DUP (front bench) | no |
| David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Caroline Lucas | Brighton, Pavilion | Green (front bench) | aye |
| Michelle Thomson | Edinburgh West | whilst Independent (front bench) | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab | aye |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Evans | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Nick Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem | aye |
| Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Jonathan Edwards | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Liz Saville-Roberts | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Hywel Williams | Arfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP | aye |
| Margaret Ritchie | South Down | SDLP (front bench) | aye |
| Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh | Ochil and South Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Arkless | Dumfries and Galloway | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Hannah Bardell | Livingston | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Mhairi Black | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Blackford | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Kirsty Blackman | Aberdeen North | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Phil Boswell | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | SNP | aye |
| Deidre Brock | Edinburgh North and Leith | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Brown | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | SNP | aye |
| Lisa Cameron | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Douglas Chapman | Dunfermline and West Fife | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Joanna Cherry | Edinburgh South West | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Ronnie Cowan | Inverclyde | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Angela Crawley | Lanark and Hamilton East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Martyn Day | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Martin Docherty | West Dunbartonshire | SNP | aye |
| Stuart Donaldson | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | SNP | aye |
| Marion Fellows | Motherwell and Wishaw | SNP (front bench) | tellaye |
| Margaret Ferrier | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Gethins | North East Fife | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Patricia Gibson | North Ayrshire and Arran | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Patrick Grady | Glasgow North | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Grant | Glenrothes | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Neil Gray | Airdrie and Shotts | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Drew Hendry | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| George Kerevan | East Lothian | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Calum Kerr | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Law | Dundee West | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Callum McCaig | Aberdeen South | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Stewart McDonald | Glasgow South | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Stuart McDonald | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Anne McLaughlin | Glasgow North East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| John McNally | Falkirk | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Carol Monaghan | Glasgow North West | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Monaghan | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Roger Mullin | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Gavin Newlands | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | SNP | aye |
| John Nicolson | East Dunbartonshire | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Brendan O'Hara | Argyll and Bute | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Kirsten Oswald | East Renfrewshire | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Steven Paterson | Stirling | SNP | aye |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Tommy Sheppard | Edinburgh East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Stephens | Glasgow South West | SNP | aye |
| Alison Thewliss | Glasgow Central | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Owen Thompson | Midlothian | SNP (front bench) | tellaye |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Eilidh Whiteford | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Philippa Whitford | Central Ayrshire | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Corri Wilson | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | SNP | aye |
| Tom Elliott | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | UUP | no |
| Danny Kinahan | South Antrim | UUP (front bench) | no |
