The Executive’s Approach to Hate - Amendment 2

Division held on 22 September 2025. The Amendment Was Therefore Agreed

Decision type: Simple Majority
Method: Lobby Division
Result: The Amendment Was Therefore Agreed
Debate: Hate: Executive Approach

Official Assembly record of this division Official Report of the debate

The motion voted on

Motion Amendment (Private Members' Motion): The Executive’s Approach to Hate - Amendment 2

Leave out all after ‘inadequate;’ and insert: ‘recognises that tackling hate and building safe, inclusive communities requires a whole-society approach; and calls on the Executive to combat all forms of hate crime by supporting the relevant provisions in the pending Sentencing Bill and Victims and Witnesses of Crime Bill, supporting the work undertaken across the statutory and community sector under the Executive Programme on Paramilitarism and Organised Crime, and providing additional resources to the justice system.’

The motion has not been assessed yet.

Tabled by: Ms Kellie Armstrong, Ms Paula Bradshaw, Ms Connie Egan, Ms Sian Mulholland

Totals

Votes by community designation, as published
Designation	Ayes	Noes	Abstentions
Nationalist	24	0	3
Unionist	0	27	0
Other	15	0	0
Total	39	27	3

How each MLA voted

Alliance Party: 15 Aye, 0 No
MLA	Vote	Designation
Ms Kellie Armstrong	Aye	Other
Mr John Blair	Aye	Other
Ms Paula Bradshaw	Aye	Other
Ms Connie Egan	Aye	Other
Mrs Michelle Guy	Aye	Other
Mr David Honeyford	Aye	Other
Mrs Naomi Long	Aye	Other
Miss Nuala McAllister	Aye	Other
Mr Andrew McMurray	Aye	Other
Mr Peter McReynolds	Aye	Other
Mr Nick Mathison	Aye	Other
Mr Andrew Muir	Aye	Other
Ms Sian Mulholland	Aye	Other
Ms Kate Nicholl	Aye	Other
Mr Eóin Tennyson	Aye	Other

Democratic Unionist Party: 0 Aye, 21 No
MLA	Vote	Designation
Mr Maurice Bradley	No	Unionist
Mr Phillip Brett	No	Unionist
Mr David Brooks	No	Unionist
Ms Cheryl Brownlee	No	Unionist
Ms Joanne Bunting	No	Unionist
Mrs Pam Cameron	No	Unionist
Mr Trevor Clarke	No	Unionist
Mrs Diane Dodds	No	Unionist
Mr Stephen Dunne	No	Unionist
Mrs Deborah Erskine	No	Unionist
Ms Diane Forsythe	No	Unionist
Mr Paul Frew	No	Unionist
Mr Harry Harvey	No	Unionist
Mr William Irwin	No	Unionist
Mr Brian Kingston	No	Unionist
Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly	No	Unionist
Mr Gordon Lyons	No	Unionist
Miss Michelle McIlveen	No	Unionist
Mr Peter Martin	No	Unionist
Mr Gary Middleton	No	Unionist
Mr Alan Robinson	No	Unionist

Sinn Féin: 24 Aye, 0 No
MLA	Vote	Designation
Dr Caoimhe Archibald	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Danny Baker	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Cathal Boylan	Aye	Nationalist
Miss Nicola Brogan	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Pádraig Delargy	Aye	Nationalist
Mrs Linda Dillon	Aye	Nationalist
Miss Jemma Dolan	Aye	Nationalist
Mrs Sinéad Ennis	Aye	Nationalist
Mrs Ciara Ferguson	Aye	Nationalist
Ms Aoife Finnegan	Aye	Nationalist
Miss Órlaithí Flynn	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Colm Gildernew	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Declan Kearney	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Gerry Kelly	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Declan McAleer	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Philip McGuigan	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Maolíosa McHugh	Aye	Nationalist
Mrs Cathy Mason	Aye	Nationalist
Miss Áine Murphy	Aye	Nationalist
Ms Carál Ní Chuilín	Aye	Nationalist
Ms Michelle O'Neill	Aye	Nationalist
Ms Aisling Reilly	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Pat Sheehan	Aye	Nationalist
Ms Emma Sheerin	Aye	Nationalist

Social Democratic and Labour Party: 0 Aye, 0 No, 3 other
MLA	Vote	Designation
Mr Daniel McCrossan	Abstained	Nationalist
Mr Colin McGrath	Abstained	Nationalist
Mr Justin McNulty	Abstained	Nationalist

Ulster Unionist Party: 0 Aye, 6 No
MLA	Vote	Designation
Ms Diana Armstrong	No	Unionist
Mr Doug Beattie MC	No	Unionist
Mr Jon Burrows	No	Unionist
Mr Robbie Butler	No	Unionist
Mr Alan Chambers	No	Unionist
Mr Mike Nesbitt	No	Unionist

MLAs who did not vote are not listed. Download these votes (CSV)