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% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | 100.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 57 | 1 | 56 | 6 | 90.48% | 1.75% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | 0.00% |
| Labour | 22 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 63.64% | 100.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | 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% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Emma Harper | 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% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| 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% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | 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 |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Ben Macpherson | 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% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Ross Greer | Green | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Tess White | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | Absent | n/a |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | No | 100.00% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | No | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.25% |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |