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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 56 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 6 | 88.89% | 1.79% |
| Labour | 22 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 81.82% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | 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% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| 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% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | 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% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| 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 Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| 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 |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | 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% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Abstain | 51.79% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |