Scottish Parliament – Sept. 23, 2025 – 28
Amendment 158: Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 41 MSPs
No: 67 MSPs
Absent: 21 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 158 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 | 108 | 41 | 67 | 21 | 83.72% | 37.96% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 53 | 40 | 13 | 13 | 80.30% | 75.47% |
| Government | 63 | 55 | 1 | 54 | 8 | 87.30% | 1.82% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 55 | 1 | 54 | 8 | 87.30% | 1.82% |
| Labour | 22 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 77.27% | 94.12% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 78.57% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.82% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 5.88% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |