Scottish Parliament – Sept. 23, 2025 – 30
Amendment 161: 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 161 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% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 22 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 77.27% | 94.12% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 55 | 1 | 54 | 8 | 87.30% | 1.82% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.82% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 5.88% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 94.12% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |