Scottish Parliament – Sept. 23, 2025 – 20
Amendment 276: Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 41 MSPs
No: 68 MSPs
Absent: 20 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 276 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 | 109 | 41 | 68 | 20 | 84.50% | 37.61% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 53 | 41 | 12 | 13 | 80.30% | 77.36% |
| Government | 63 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 88.89% | 0.00% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 22 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 77.27% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 88.89% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 82.14% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | 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% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | 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 |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |