Scottish Parliament – Sept. 23, 2025 – 31
Amendment 162: Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 42 MSPs
No: 66 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 162 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 | 42 | 66 | 21 | 83.72% | 38.89% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 53 | 41 | 12 | 13 | 80.30% | 77.36% |
| 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 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 77.27% | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 78.57% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.82% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |