Scottish Parliament – Oct. 28, 2025 – 12
Amendment 17: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 41 MSPs
No: 71 MSPs
Absent: 17 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill
Strong conflict: Opposition proposesThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the opposition has proposed a motion and the government is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, or that it would have substantive effects if passed.
Motion
Motion type: Amendment(?)
The question is, that amendment 17 be agreed to. Are we agreed?
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 | 112 | 41 | 71 | 17 | 86.82% | 36.61% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 52 | 40 | 12 | 14 | 78.79% | 76.92% |
| Government | 63 | 60 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 95.24% | 1.67% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 95.24% | 1.67% |
| Labour | 21 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 71.43% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Conservative | 28 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 85.71% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.67% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |