Scottish Parliament – Sept. 24, 2025 – 1
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 6 MSPs
No: 97 MSPs
Absent: 26 MSPs
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 | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 103 | 6 | 97 | 26 | 79.84% | 5.83% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 87.30% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 48 | 6 | 42 | 18 | 72.73% | 12.50% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 78.57% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 87.30% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 22 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 68.18% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Green | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 75.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Independent | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Presiding Officer | Absent | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Independent | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Alba | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Absent | n/a |