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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Richard Lochhead | 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% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | 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 |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| 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% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 4.55% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | 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% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | 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 |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 95.45% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| 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% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Abstain | n/a |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | 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 |