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% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 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% |
| Labour | 22 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 72.73% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | 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% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.75% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | 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% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| David Torrance | 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% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | 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 |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |