Scottish Parliament – Sept. 24, 2025 – 62
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 23 MSPs
No: 76 MSPs
Absent: 30 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 | 99 | 23 | 76 | 30 | 76.74% | 23.23% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 45 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 68.18% | 51.11% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 54 | 0 | 54 | 9 | 85.71% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 22 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 72.73% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 57.14% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |