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SNP Minority Gov't Survives Confidence Vote After First Min Quits

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The Scottish gov't has survived a vote of no confidence put forward by the centre-left unionist Labour party. Fifty-eight MSPs voted in favour of the motion, with 70 against, with zero abstentions. In the event the environmentalist Greens voted with the governing pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP). Previously the Greens had said they would vote against the SNP gov't following the abrupt dissolution of the coalition agreement between the two parties by First Minister Humza Yousaf. The fallout of the gov't collapse has cost Yousaf his position, and he announced on 29 April that he will stand down once the SNP elects a new leader.

  • The failure of the no confidence vote will ensure the SNP elects a new leader who will serve as FM. However, it remains to be seen whether that new leader will be able maintain power at Holyrood given the gov'ts minority status.
  • The two frontrunners to succeed Yousaf are former SNP leader and Deputy First Minister John Swinney MSP and former Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy Kate Forbes MSP. Swinney, who led the SNP from 2000-2004, is seen as the 'continuity candidate', having served as deputy to former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon for nine years. Forbes, who narrowly lost out to Yousaf in the 2023 leadership contest, has notable grassroots support but her more socially conservative views are not seen to chime with much of the SNP leadership.
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The Scottish gov't has survived a vote of no confidence put forward by the centre-left unionist Labour party. Fifty-eight MSPs voted in favour of the motion, with 70 against, with zero abstentions. In the event the environmentalist Greens voted with the governing pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP). Previously the Greens had said they would vote against the SNP gov't following the abrupt dissolution of the coalition agreement between the two parties by First Minister Humza Yousaf. The fallout of the gov't collapse has cost Yousaf his position, and he announced on 29 April that he will stand down once the SNP elects a new leader.

  • The failure of the no confidence vote will ensure the SNP elects a new leader who will serve as FM. However, it remains to be seen whether that new leader will be able maintain power at Holyrood given the gov'ts minority status.
  • The two frontrunners to succeed Yousaf are former SNP leader and Deputy First Minister John Swinney MSP and former Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy Kate Forbes MSP. Swinney, who led the SNP from 2000-2004, is seen as the 'continuity candidate', having served as deputy to former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon for nine years. Forbes, who narrowly lost out to Yousaf in the 2023 leadership contest, has notable grassroots support but her more socially conservative views are not seen to chime with much of the SNP leadership.