Scottish Parliament – Sept. 24, 2025 – 63
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 25 MSPs
No: 80 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 | 25 | 80 | 24 | 81.40% | 23.81% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 50 | 25 | 25 | 16 | 75.76% | 50.00% |
| Government | 63 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 87.30% | 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 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 87.30% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 22 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 72.73% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 75.00% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |