Scottish Parliament – Sept. 24, 2025 – 12
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 23 MSPs
No: 82 MSPs
Absent: 24 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 | 105 | 23 | 82 | 24 | 81.40% | 21.90% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 50 | 23 | 27 | 16 | 75.76% | 46.00% |
| Government | 63 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 87.30% | 0.00% |
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 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 87.30% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 22 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 72.73% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 75.00% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | 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% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | 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% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |