Scottish Parliament – Sept. 23, 2025 – 29
Amendment 160: 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 160 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 55 | 1 | 54 | 8 | 87.30% | 1.82% |
| Opposition | 66 | 53 | 40 | 13 | 13 | 80.30% | 75.47% |
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 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| 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% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 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% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 5.88% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.82% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |