Scottish Parliament – Sept. 24, 2025 – 7
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 22 MSPs
No: 83 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 | 22 | 83 | 24 | 81.40% | 20.95% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | 63 | 57 | 1 | 56 | 6 | 90.48% | 1.75% |
| Opposition | 66 | 48 | 21 | 27 | 18 | 72.73% | 43.75% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 28 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 75.00% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 57 | 1 | 56 | 6 | 90.48% | 1.75% |
| Labour | 22 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 63.64% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | 0.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | No | n/a |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.75% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Lord Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |