Scottish Parliament – Sept. 24, 2025 – 59
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 22 MSPs
No: 68 MSPs
Absent: 23 MSPs
Abstain: 16 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 | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 90 | 22 | 68 | 16 | 23 | 69.77% | 24.44% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 54 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 9 | 85.71% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 36 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 54.55% | 61.11% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Neutral motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 78.57% | 95.45% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 54 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 9 | 85.71% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | 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 |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 4.55% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |