Scottish Parliament – Sept. 24, 2025 – 20
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 24 MSPs
No: 85 MSPs
Absent: 20 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 | 109 | 24 | 85 | 20 | 84.50% | 22.02% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 52 | 23 | 29 | 14 | 78.79% | 44.23% |
| Government | 63 | 57 | 1 | 56 | 6 | 90.48% | 1.75% |
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 | 1 | 56 | 6 | 90.48% | 1.75% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 22 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 72.73% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.00% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.75% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |