Scottish Parliament – Sept. 23, 2025 – 3
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 32 MSPs
No: 77 MSPs
Absent: 19 MSPs
Abstain: 1 MSP
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Housing (Scotland) Bill
Multi-party against: Government No, Opposition dividedThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the government is voting against a motion, and opposition MPs/parties are divided in their support.
This can reflect an amendment or motion bought by one opposition party, which other opposition parties are not supportive of.
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 | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 109 | 32 | 77 | 1 | 19 | 84.50% | 29.36% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 53 | 31 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 80.30% | 58.49% |
| Government | 63 | 56 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 6 | 88.89% | 1.79% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 22 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 81.82% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 56 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 6 | 88.89% | 1.79% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 78.57% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.79% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 51.79% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |