Sturgeon survives vote of no confidence at the Scottish Parliament
The motion brought by the Scottish Conservatives was defeated by 65 votes to 31 with 27 abstentions.
MSPs have voted down a motion of no confidence in Scotland’s First Minister, brought in the wake of her Government’s botched handling of harassment allegations against Alex Salmond.
The Scottish Conservatives had pressed the matter to a vote in Holyrood after two major reports into what went on were published – with an independent investigation clearing Nicola Sturgeon of breaching the ministerial code.
However, the Scottish Parliament committee set up to investigate what went wrong in the Government’s handling of the complaints claimed Ms Sturgeon had misled them.
The Scottish Conservatives lodged their motion of no confidence in the First Minister before either of those reports was published.
When it was voted on in Holyrood this afternoon, it was defeated by 31 to 65 with 27 abstentions.
During the debate Ms Sturgeon said she would have resigned had she been found to have broken the ministerial code.
