Scottish Parliament – Sept. 24, 2025 – 69
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 23 MSPs
No: 79 MSPs
Absent: 27 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 | 102 | 23 | 79 | 27 | 79.07% | 22.55% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 11 | 82.54% | 0.00% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 78.57% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 11 | 82.54% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 22 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 72.73% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 100.00% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |