Scottish Parliament – Sept. 24, 2025 – 67
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 24 MSPs
No: 79 MSPs
Absent: 26 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 | 103 | 24 | 79 | 26 | 79.84% | 23.30% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 54 | 0 | 54 | 9 | 85.71% | 0.00% |
| Opposition | 66 | 49 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 74.24% | 48.98% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 71.43% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 87.50% | 28.57% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 54 | 0 | 54 | 9 | 85.71% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 22 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 72.73% | 0.00% |
| 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% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 71.43% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 71.43% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 71.43% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 71.43% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 71.43% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 28.57% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 28.57% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |