Scottish Parliament – Sept. 24, 2025 – 17
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 24 MSPs
No: 84 MSPs
Absent: 21 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 | 108 | 24 | 84 | 21 | 83.72% | 22.22% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 51 | 24 | 27 | 15 | 77.27% | 47.06% |
| Government | 63 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 90.48% | 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 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 90.48% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 22 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 72.73% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 78.57% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | 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% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | 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 |