Scottish Parliament – Sept. 24, 2025 – 6
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 22 MSPs
No: 85 MSPs
Absent: 22 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 | 107 | 22 | 85 | 22 | 82.95% | 20.56% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 50 | 22 | 28 | 16 | 75.76% | 44.00% |
| Government | 63 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 90.48% | 0.00% |
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 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 90.48% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 22 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 68.18% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 78.57% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | 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% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | 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 |