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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 60 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 95.24% | 1.67% |
| Labour | 21 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 71.43% | 100.00% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | 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% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Kate Forbes | 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 |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| James Dornan | 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% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.67% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.33% |
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Absent | n/a |