Scottish Parliament – Sept. 24, 2025 – 66
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 24 MSPs
No: 81 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 | 24 | 81 | 24 | 81.40% | 22.86% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 55 | 1 | 54 | 8 | 87.30% | 1.82% |
| Opposition | 66 | 50 | 23 | 27 | 16 | 75.76% | 46.00% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 75.00% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 55 | 1 | 54 | 8 | 87.30% | 1.82% |
| 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% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.82% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | 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 |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.18% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |