Scottish Parliament – Sept. 24, 2025 – 3
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 31 MSPs
No: 73 MSPs
Absent: 25 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 | 104 | 31 | 73 | 25 | 80.62% | 29.81% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 49 | 30 | 19 | 17 | 74.24% | 61.22% |
| Government | 63 | 55 | 1 | 54 | 8 | 87.30% | 1.82% |
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 | 1 | 54 | 8 | 87.30% | 1.82% |
| Labour | 22 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 68.18% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.82% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | 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 |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |