Scottish Parliament – Sept. 24, 2025 – 47
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 25 MSPs
No: 80 MSPs
Absent: 24 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 | 105 | 25 | 80 | 24 | 81.40% | 23.81% |
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 | 54 | 1 | 53 | 9 | 85.71% | 1.85% |
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 | 54 | 1 | 53 | 9 | 85.71% | 1.85% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 22 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 72.73% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 75.00% | 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 | 98.15% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.85% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |