Scottish Parliament – Sept. 23, 2025 – 16
Amendment 275: Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 48 MSPs
No: 62 MSPs
Absent: 19 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Housing (Scotland) Bill
Strong conflict: Opposition proposesThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the opposition has proposed a motion and the government is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, or that it would have substantive effects if passed.
Motion
Motion type: Amendment(?)
The question is, that amendment 275 be agreed to. Are we agreed?
Annotations
No annotations for this decision.
Whip reports
No whip reports for this decision.
Overall counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 110 | 48 | 62 | 19 | 85.27% | 43.64% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 88.89% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 54 | 48 | 6 | 12 | 81.82% | 88.89% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 78.57% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 88.89% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 22 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 81.82% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |