Scottish Parliament – Sept. 24, 2025 – 2
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 32 MSPs
No: 71 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 | 32 | 71 | 26 | 79.84% | 31.07% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 48 | 30 | 18 | 18 | 72.73% | 62.50% |
| Government | 63 | 55 | 2 | 53 | 8 | 87.30% | 3.64% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 22 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 68.18% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 55 | 2 | 53 | 8 | 87.30% | 3.64% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.00% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 78.57% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.64% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| 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 |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 3.64% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 96.36% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |