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% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 75.00% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 22 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 72.73% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.85% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Douglas Lumsden | 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 |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | 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% |
| 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% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.15% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |