Scottish Parliament – Sept. 24, 2025 – 54
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 7 MSPs
No: 98 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 | 7 | 98 | 24 | 81.40% | 6.67% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 51 | 7 | 44 | 15 | 77.27% | 13.73% |
| Government | 63 | 54 | 0 | 54 | 9 | 85.71% | 0.00% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 22 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 72.73% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 54 | 0 | 54 | 9 | 85.71% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 75.00% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| 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 |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |